Prepac 2 Column Display Cabinet Media Storage, 38.75" Wide, Cherry

Once the shelves are in place, this is a sturdy piece of "mock" furniture. As for "mock," it's as good as any $4,000 bookcase. Its value is its storage capacity and its stability. It isn't wobbly when its shelves are loaded. They are slender, meaning they could fall forward or backward (if free-standing and not against a wall), so take care in making sure it doesn't fall over. For instance, if you plan to stand these cases on thick carpeting, it's the carpeting that makes the case unstable. Whether if the cases are against a wall and are tilted a 1/4" toward the wall, take the times to use the included device to affix the case to the wall. I have two "quad" media cases and four "double" cases (this item on this page). That's a lot of storage space AND the shelves keep the DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs virtually dust free. Amazon ships these things with a shipping company. They shipped via FedEx, UPS and DHL. I have always gotten a tracking number, so I know exactly when it's coming. The delivery is brought right to the front door. The box is heavy, but now awkward. The box itself containing the parts is heavy-duty. I have never found broken, chipped pieces of the particle board. I have never had any missing hardware (nails, studs for holding the shelves). The carton is never smashed or opened. The sides are labeled A, B, C, etc. Labels on the pieces tell you which upright is the left side, the middle, and the right side. The labels are removable without leaving a trace of glue or paper. The laminate is quality. It doesn't fall off after a while. My first quad shelving unit is 15 years old and it looks as new as the brand new double case I just bought. The pegs that are inserted into the uprights to hold the shelves are made of metal. They fit "just right" in the pre-drilled holes. Four pegs, two on each side, front and back, support the shelf. The bottom of the shelf has two grooves, front and back, where the pegs rest under the shelf. There are dozens of pre-drilled steel peg holes up and down the uprights, so you can easily adjust the distance between shelves. 51" tall X 36-1/2" X wide (including the overhanging lip) X 6" deep. The baseboard is 38-1/2" wide X 8-3/4" deep.

I was impressed that the product was so compactly packaged and yet arrived in nearly perfect shape. There were just two small nicks in the wood that are not at all noticeable when assembled; one of them was on a shelf that I just reversed so the blemish faced the back. The shelf looks very nice when assembled, and holds a lot of CDs or other media. For audio cassettes the open rear of the shelves is not ideal, but then cassettes are not so common any longer so I'm probably one of the few who still has some. The adjustable spacing of the shelves makes it very adaptable, and I like that they provided enough shelf to make them all for CDs. If you use it for DVDs or VHS tapes you will end up with some shelves left over, which could be handy if you bought a second one for smaller items like cassettes. :-) It took me about three hours to build. I am far from a carpenter, and have only built things like this a half dozen times in my life. The instructions were clear and the assembly went smoothly except for the back. The instructions tell you to put the horizontal nails 3-inches apart and the vertical ones 2-inches apart, but they only provide about half the nails you would need to do this. The graphic shows a number of nails that are roughly double the spacing they recommend, and I suspect that whoever packed the parts followed the picture rather than the words. I didn't have any nails like they provided, so I ended up drilling a few pilot holes and adding some #4 screws to make the back solid. Figuring this out added to the assembly time, but when it was done I was quite pleased. Overall, I think it is a solid and practical shelf that looks smart for a reasonably low price.

This is a quality product and rivals Ikea in quality. Easy to assemble. You do have to take extra care positioning and nailing the backing on but this is true for all products like this. The backing actually is quite thick. Looks good. Very stable. Manufactured and packed in Canada. 95% of product materials are sourced in Canada. I bought it on sale and it was worth the price I paid. Shipped and arrived earlier than expected. I highly recommend this product.

This is a really nice product. Looks real pretty when finished. Like others have said, the underneath of the shelves is not black but that makes no difference unless you are low to the ground looking up. It does wrap around underneath the shelf. The quality of the product is very nice. It was not hard to assemble. One person could do it but my wife had me help her when putting the back panels on to keep it aligned properly. We bought a double width and a triple width shelving unit and, in building both units, only had one nail that missed the mark when putting on the back panel. It was easy to hide though. The shelves do not go clear to the panel as mentioned but, again, no big deal because when you fill up the shelf with movies or cd's you don't even see it. My wife did put a few knick-knacks on a couple shelves but there is no problem with it. We did not nail our shelves to the wall; the way they instructed seemed awkward. Ours is on a carpeted area and doesn't seem to have any problem with leaning or being unstable. I don't see any problem with it possibly falling--unless someone pulled on it good and hard. We put the feet on the bottom and it helps to stabilize. One tip I could suggest is using a pair of pliers to hold the feet on the bottom and the small nails for the panels when you are first starting to hammer them into place. It helps keep it steady and is easier on your fingers. Overall we are very pleased with the appearance and durability of these shelves. We would recommend them. We bought the cherry and black units and they look very sharp!

Contrary to many reviews, I found this very easy to put together. Word of advice though is that it is easier to put the backing on with the shelf lying down than standing up as shown in the instructions. This will hold right around 40 cds per row - making the capacity about 640 cds with 16 rows total.