Facing numerous competing formats outside Japan, the reach of VHD remained very limited.

After numerous advertisements in 1981/1982 National Geographic magazines, it was eventually released in Japan on April 21, 1983.

VHD remained on the market in the UK primarily as an educational and training tool, usually linked to a computer, but attracted few customers.

The entire caddy is inserted into the player, and then withdrawn, leaving the disc inside where it will be loaded and start playing.

Constructing an interactive disc required a lot of planning as well as the specialist video master editing.

The costs entailed in discovering these complexities and solving the problems, as well as recognising that the video post-production technology of the time was being pushed to its limits probably contributed to the decision to withdraw the system.