drh4

I'm looking for some cheap, easy DVD storage for a basement home theater that doubles as a family room. It needs to be reasonably affordable, and be attractive enough to not score too low on the all-important WAF (wife acceptance factor) .

In addition, it should ideally keep toddlers from being able to easily pull the DVDs out and throw them around (something my bookcases don't do, alas.)

I realize these are very subjective criteria, but I thought some of you here might have good ideas. I searced for "racks" and "storage" and didn't hit anything...

DDD has some decent options, including these , but I'm guessing one's paying as much for shipping as for the units themselves... the best bargins might be had at the likes of a target or Wal-Mart closeout, I'm thinking...


Any suggestions most appreciated!

spartanstew

Have you tried racksandstands.com ?



Stew

drh4

Thanks for the link correction and the suggestion, Stew.

The unit at

http://www.racksandstands.com/prods/...M/0PAR1051.htm

looked interesting...I wish it wasn't 10" deep though...

sotra

This one - http://store.yahoo.com/longislandmed...anvidstor.html - keeps my son away from my DVDs. Very happy with it and although the depth of it is rather large compared to the other one it still takes up less total area space.

Hmm....looks like it went up a little in price. I got it for (shipping and everything) about $175. Still, hell of a deal since no other store has it for under $250 and some sites state that the MSRP is close to $400.

drh4

Thanks for the link sotra, interesting site...

Looks like you got a great deal, that cabinet is $75 more now. And at 16" deep (2 layers of DVDs when closed, I gather?), it's much deeper than we want. Very much appreciate your giving your 2c tho!

slapstick

Absolutely the best cd/dvd storage site out there. Many options and relatively easy on the eyes and wallet.
http://www.storeyourmedia.com/

bdhart

This looks like one I bought. The shelves are actually 5 1/4" deep, just deep enough for a DVD to sit on. It's the base that is 10" wide for added stability.

Tracer

I use the elf multimedia racks you can stack them three high for a total 360 DVD storage. Found www.monstronix.com had the best price with shipping but, when buy.com has free shipping deals they have the best price.

JGwinn1048

I built a few shelves myself by just picking up stuff from Home Depot. In conjunction with those, I also bought three of these racks via Best Buy -

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1051826148242

kansai999

I use the Billy bookcase from IKEA, they hold about 510 DVDs and also come in either white, oak or black. If you goto their website, just do a search for bookcases. If you have one near you, check the prices in the store, the web price is different for some reason. I believe I bought two additional shelves, total cost was like 100 dollars.

Check out this thread for some other ideas. There are a few members that also use the shelf I'm talking about.

cine

Has anyone tried these Leslie Dame Enterprises' units:

http://www.racksandstands.com/prods/...2/0PLE1000.htm

drh4

Thanks for all the helpful follow-ups! I think I'll be ordering some of Tracer's elf racks next time buy.com has free shipping.

ScottyWH

nothing beats can-am drawers

OldBoy

love the elf's as well, got two.
got this one at BB marked down from $90 to $42. it was such a steal and perfect for what i wanted.
Atlantic Elf 464

drh4

well, the mini-elf racks weren't included in buy.com's first free shipping coupon in months... Makes me pessimistic that we'll see a good deal on them from there anytime soon...

If anyone sees another good source, please post! TIA

Christi P

Check office supply stores like Office Max or Office Depot. If there are some near you, they probably put sunday flyers in the newspaper. I picked up some really nice DVD racks on sale for $25 (usually $50) at Office Max a few months ago.

John*D

I have it in the OAK and bought it from racksandstands. It's a great SOLID OAK cabinet. It comes in one box and is already assembled,. You just have to put in the shelves. If you're only using them for DVDs, you'll have extra shelves (I use one as a stand for my Sub).





I always like going to that web site, at least until I look at the prices and shipping. Would be great if you lived in Canada or on the border and could pick up in person, I suppose.

xNightfallx

http://www.spinkeeper.com/spinkeeper/muflrainblfi.html

Same thing, $30 cheaper. Not sure about shipping though. I'm looking at getting one of the 612 DVD cases from http://www.spinkeeper.com/spinkeeper/larwalracdes.html

Anyone have thoughts about those?

Or ones from here:

http://www.storeyourmedia.com/catego...ategoryID=3181

Ginwen

Shipping's still free at DDD, even on furniture. A few people got the 1080 sized one during the last 20% off sale, I'm curious what they thought of it.

exharrison

You can occasionally find the Sauder shelves pretty cheap at Big Lots.
EDIT: They are normally only for <300 dvds though.

digitalfreaknyc

I don't see any big shelves there for DVD's. Am I looking at the wrong place?

Ginwen

http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=ATA435182

It's on page 7 of the other link if mine doesn't work.

Shagrath

These are what I use, and have been pleased with them. I currently have 7 of them, and customized some of them by not putting on the base, and bolting them together and then to the wall so that they go almost to the ceiling. I was running out of horizontal space and had to start going vertical.

exharrison

I was thinking about that the other day as I noticed they were a little shorter than half the wall and I need more space about now.

jimbeam

I've seen quite a few Billy shelves on Craigslist.