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(More customer reviews)In fairness, its hard to beat the value of this media storage unit for the price. If you are looking for a low-cost solution to hold a decent amount of videos, it's certainly a very fair deal. That being said, I have mixed feelings about the product overall...
ON THE POSITIVE SIDE:
(1) The price (as mentioned - a great deal for the money).
(2) The look of the item is modern and attractive.
(3) Customer service from the company who manufactured it is excellent (the base of one of the two units I purchased was defective and they sent me a new base piece within one week).
(4) Easy to construct.
ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE:
(1) While its easy to put together, the directions aren't as clear in some respects as I would have liked them to be. Be sure you closely examine the pieces before ANY assembly - not just to make sure you have all the parts, but also be very CLEAR on which piece goes where. As an example, it doesn't really clearly explain which piece is the top and which is the bottom (they look almost identical side by side). If you select the wrong one, the whole thing will be virtually ruined due to the quality of the materials.
(2) Speaking of quality of materials, obviously, for this price, its all particle board with a cheap black vaneer coating except the backing which is a thick cardboard/thin chip board like material. The black coating was peeling or chipped off on a few of the corners on the two units I purchased, so you may need to add a drop of glue or use a black sharpie marker to fix small superficial issues with the unit's appearance. From afar, no one can tell, but you can see it in a few small places when you are up close. Oh well.
(3)Design - while the unit appears very attractive, its not as functional as I would have liked it to be. As you can see in the picture that accompanies the item on Amazon, if you are using the unit for Blu-Ray discs and DVDs, you can get three rows of shelves per column (roughly 23 discs in their box per shelf - roughly 207 titles per media storage unit). Sadly, had this unit been about six inches taller, you could have gotten another shelf in each column to accomodate approximately another 69 DVDs/Blu-Rays. Because of this simple oversight, you have a bit of a gap in the space between shelves that either remains empty or forces you to lay some additional titles flat (horizontally instead of vertically) to get an additional shelf in and use the space more effectively (which doesn't look as nice in my opinion). Also because of the design, the titles on the end of each shelf aren't fully visible or removable. They are almost hidden behind the edges of the shelf, which means you need to take out another DVD or two to be able to pull the ones of the end out. Again, aesthetically the unit looks fantastic, but its design negatively impacts its functionality, which detracts from it in my opinion.
(4) Structural Support - The package does come with a bracket for the back of the storage unit to help hold it to the wall, which was appreciated. Like the rest of the unit, the bracket is made of chip board (particle board), which isn't especially strong. When the unit is empty, its more than sturdy, but when the unit is full you may find that the weight is a lot more than the bracket can handle alone (that was my concern anyway). You may want to consider adding additional support for safety. Especially, because this hangs on a wall, and you don't want it falling on anyone or dammaging anything! A piece of real wood and a few screws from your local hardware store will do the trick.
In short, the item does the job I bought it for. It stores the media and looks great when people walk by it eventhough the functional design leaves a little to be desired. If you are looking for high quality that will last a lifetime, you may not be totally happy (think IKEA). If you can get past that, I think you'll be reasonably pleased for the money you spent.
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