Prepac4 Revolving Display Cabinet Media Storage, Large Four-Sided Spinning Tower, Espresso

This media tower solved a major storage problem for me. I've accumulated around a thousand CDs over the last 30 years. They were getting scattered and stored in different places because I was running out of room where I was storing them. This brings them all together in a small space where they are all easy to see and get at. I left a few open spaces on each shelf for future CD purchases. I have DVDs stored in different locations because of the same problem. I'm going to get a second one for those.This is a do-it-yourself piece of furniture. It comes in two boxes. Make sure they are both delivered before starting assembly. The boxes are heavy, so it's not a bad idea to have another person handy to help carry them. You will want to assemble this near the location you intend to use it. Once it's assembled, it's very heavy. It's a two person job to move it. I have assembled bookcases like this before, so I had some experience and the assembly went smoothly. It took about an hour. This should be fairly easy for anyone to assemble as long as you follow the instructions carefully. Once again, having a second person to help during assembly is a good idea, at least for the large panels. I would recommend keeping dishes nearby to put the hardware pieces in. That way you can stay organized and not loose anything.Have a vacuum cleaner with a nozzle attachment or a good Dustbuster on hand when opening the boxes and assembling. You're going to have sawdust. There are a series of holes in each panel for inserting the shelf supports. Run the vacuum over them before assembling the large panels. You'll still have some sawdust when it's all put together but it's easier to manage if you've pre-vacuumed it.This has a plastic ring that goes between the bottom shelf and base for rotating. I was concerned the ring might not be durable enough for the job, but it's been working perfectly. The more you fill the this up, the heavier it gets and it actually rotates more smoothly. The product description is wrong on one point. They say it takes up a little over one square foot of floor space. You actually need a little over four square feet of floor space to rotate it. That's still a minimal amount of real estate to store this many CDs. The minimal, no nonsense design is unobtrusive in any room with casual decor. I think it would look out of place in a room with formal decor and/or high end furniture. I have it in my home theater room next to a lounge chair and it looks fine. It's compact enough to not dominate the room.This is a great, perfectly efficient storage solution. It takes some work to put it together, but I kind of enjoy the satisfaction of having put it together myself. Highly recommended.

This media stand has incredible storage capacity without hogging an entire wall of your room. It's a quality product, made of sturdy wood that I'm confident will have no issues supporting a media collection, books, or any other odds and ends you may choose to put on the shelves.It takes up about as much space as a 5-foot-tall person would if you put a box around them and is suprisingly easy to assemble: there are a total of 12 pieces, not including screws, and all you need is a philips screwdriver and a hammer (hammer use is minimal, and mindless). Once it's assembled, it's relatively easy to lift (the boxes it comes in are HEAVY - one is 70 lbs; the second is smaller, but awkward to lift). The pieces are nicely labeled as being part of Box A or Box B, and are so easy to identify that there's no risk that you'll mistake one component for another.As someone else mentioned, be ready to spend some time cleaning off the sawdust that coats the packaging - it took me more time to clean off the assembled unit and shelves than it did to put it together.Storage capacity (MAX):- 26 CDs per shelf; max of 10 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with CDs, you could fit 26 x 10 x 4 = 1,040 CDs)- 18 DVDs per shelf; max of 7 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with DVDs, you could fit 18 x 7 x 4 = 504 DVDs)- 22 Blu-rays per shelf; max of 8 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with Blu-rays, you could fit 22 x 8 x 4 = 704 Blu-rays)Note: The above numbers assume that you're using basic CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays (no box sets, etc.). Keep this in mind when figuring out whether or not this will be large enough to hold you current (and future) collection.Or, you can be like me and mix and match the above. I also have every intention of buying a second one of these to store my library of paper-back books :)*UPDATE*I did end up purchasing not just one, but two more of these units. They're fantastic at supporting books of all sizes, though the mass media paperbacks are definitely the most aesthetically pleasing fit: they end up inset about an inch from the edge of the shelves, so factor in the depth of the book when deciding whether or not you're comfortable with the "look" of books extending past the depth of the unit.For quantities (based on your typical 200-300 page mass-market paperpack):- ~10 Books per shelf; max of 7 shelves per side (so if you wanted to fill all 4 sides with mass-market paperback books, you could fit 10 x 7 x 4 = 280 Books)I'm personally alright with the "look" of the larger books on the shelves and can happily confirm that the shelves easily support my college text books (including the huge accounting and tax reference books I've accumulated).I will warn that when you're filling these units with whatever media/books/items you choose, be careful to distribute the weight evenly (e.g. fill opposite sides at the same time; make sure that you distribute the weight across the top and bottom of the shelves). The reason isn't that the unit won't support the weight, but when you go to turn it on the lazy susan, there's a risk that it can tip over if you only fill one side (or especially two adjacent sides) while leaving the rest of the unit empty.