I have been wanting to get a cabinet for my DVDs for quite some time now and kept having trouble figuring out which cabinet to choose. I looked at this one many times and read most, if not all, of the reviews as well. So, I finally took the plunge and bought it.

I am SO glad I bought this cabinet! It is just what I was looking for as it holds all of my current DVDs and still has space left for more. Seeing as how I do not buy many DVDs anymore I have a feeling this will last me a good long while. The cabinet is very sturdy once it is all assembled and the back is put on. I was very impressed that the backing has screws to attach it, unlike many items like this that give you only nails to attach the backing.

I will admit that the design is lacking, as others have said, when it comes to use for DVDs. This was my only real concern with buying this as others noted the shelf design means the top and bottom shelves are not tall enough to hold DVDs unless they are laying on their sides. BUT the cabinet is advertised to hold 192 DVDs and it does just that! The fact that the shelves are not designed in a way to hold more DVDs upright is not something to complain about in my opinion (even if I wish it were designed to be able to do so). It holds the amount advertised and if you don't mind putting DVDs on their sides it can hold more than that. The only other issue is the doors, which do not entirely close all the way. This is probably my fault though for not being careful enough when putting those pieces together, plus it is a small enough gap that I'm the only one that will ever notice it (and not enough to deduct from my rating).

Overall, I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend anyone looking for a DVD cabinet to get this one!

I was impressed by the sturdiness of the product. Screwing in the back rather than nailing helps with this. It also looks great. The only design flaw was on the fixed shelf. If they had moved it up or down a few inches you could add a whole other shelf for DVD's. It leaves 2 smaller shelves unusable. CD's will fit in one but the holes are a little off on the 2nd unit I bought and the CDs do not stand up. (Thus the 4 stars.) All in all I am pretty pleased.

This looks really good in my bonus room. And, the quality of construction is pretty good. However, whoever designed this was not too smart. Two major design flaws:

1-The fixed shelf is positioned such that you cannot have all full shelves to stand up your DVD/BDs, i.e., there will be two shelves where you need to lay your discs on their side. Or, you can forgo this and have two shelves with a lot of overhead space.

2-You cannot get access to the DVD/BDs in the center without removing a lot of discs on either side. It is literally impossible to get these 3-4 discs out of this unit without removing other discs. And, for the shelves where you need to lay discs on their sides, yikes! You need to remove a LOT of discs on either side to remove those in the middle.

Again, it looks great, but functionally it is a miss.

This DVD cabinet is quite heavy and, as a result, is very sturdy. We have it on a hardwood floor and it doesn't wobble at all. We would add to the other comments that the DVD storage capacity could be improved if the manufacturer would re-position the shelf support holes. As it is currently, you can only use four of the six adjustable shelves if you're planning to use the case 100% for DVDs resulting in a lot of "empty" space that's not usable. You could lay some DVDs flat-side down in the empty space and pile them up I guess to store a few more. Kudos to the manufacturer for separating all the little screws, dowels and cams in separate plastic bags with clear identification in stead of one large bag with a hundred pieces. I would have given the case a 5-star review if not for a couple of nagging assembly issues. The first was that two pieces were mislabeled and, unfortunately it was the two that were used in Step 1. So while I'm trying to get used to the pictorial assembly instructions, it didn't help that I was trying to complete Step1 on the wrong piece. No wonder it didn't fit. And secondly, there are a number of tiny Phillips screws used in the assembly and the pre-drilled starter holes were not very deep. Not a problem if the screws were of the self-tapping variety. My forearm got tired trying to get these screws to bite and I had to resort to using a drill to create better starting holes for them. Otherwise, the assembly was straight-forward.

As others have stated, this is not solid wood furniture. This cabinet is particle board and veneers held together by wood dowels and short metal screws, not terrible, but not that sturdy either. Moving this around would require removing the contents of the cabinet or it will almost certainly spread apart, warp, or even just collapse altogether. The main body is the standard 'H' format used by most simple self-build kits, and as such relies on that center fixed shelf to align itself.

A more solid foundation might be gained by using small dabs of wood glue when inserting the dowels, as the dowels in the unit I have were loose no matter which side I inserted them into. Additionally the metal screws did not pull all sides together evenly, which suggests some post assembly engineering is needed to firm it up. I experienced no troubles with the glass doors, yet they seem loose because of the uneven assembly of the main cabinet.

In regards to capacity, CD's are the best commodity to store here, as the shelves are poorly spaced with the center fixed shelf making any arrangement awkward.

I am generally pleased with the look and capacity, and will order more of this cabinet to get my collection off of open shelf units. I plan to use some glue and possibly different screws to hold the main cabinet together, and will edit this review when that is complete.