Editing LaserDisc (section)

===12 cm (CD Video and Video Single Disc)===
{{Main|CD Video|Video Single Disc}}

There were also {{convert|12|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} ([[Compact disc|CD]] size) "[[Single (music)|single]]"-style discs produced that were playable on LaserDisc players. These were referred to as [[CD Video]] (CD-V) discs, and [[Video Single Disc]]s (VSD).

CD-V was a hybrid format launched in the late 1980s, and carried up to five minutes of analog LaserDisc-type video content with a digital soundtrack (usually a music video), plus up to 20&nbsp;minutes of digital [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|audio CD]] tracks. The original 1989 release of David Bowie's retrospective ''[[Sound + Vision (box set)|Sound + Vision]]'' CD box set prominently featured a CD-V video of "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]", and standalone promo CD-Vs featured the video, plus three audio tracks: "[[John, I'm Only Dancing]]", "[[Changes (David Bowie song)|Changes]]", and "[[The Supermen]]".

Despite the similar name, CD Video is entirely incompatible with the later all-digital [[Video CD]] (VCD) format, and can only be played back on LaserDisc players with CD-V capability or one of the players dedicated to the smaller discs.<ref name='techmoan' /><ref group='Footnotes' name='vcd'>By contrast, VCD is generally supported by [[Video CD|VCD]], [[DVD]], [[CD-i]], and [[HD DVD|HD-DVD]] players, [[Blu-ray]] players with [[MPEG-1]] support, and computers, along with later-model LaserDisc players that can also play DVDs, such as the DVL-9xx series from Pioneer.</ref> CD-Vs were somewhat popular for a brief time worldwide{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} but soon faded from view.

In Europe, Philips also used the "CD Video" name as part of a short-lived attempt in the late 1980s to relaunch and rebrand the entire LaserDisc system.<ref name='techmoan' /><ref name='newscientist_cdvideo8703' /> Some 20 and 30&nbsp;cm discs were also branded "CD Video", but unlike the 12&nbsp;cm discs, these were essentially just standard LaserDiscs with digital soundtracks and no audio-only CD content.<ref name='techmoan' />

The [[Video Single Disc|VSD format]] was announced in 1990, and was essentially the same as the {{convert|12|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} CD-V, but without the audio CD tracks, and intended to sell at a lower price.<ref name='tu_vsd' /> VSDs were popular only in Japan and other parts of Asia and were never fully introduced to the rest of the world.