The one star in this review is for the custome service we dealt with in getting our money back.I've seen this cabinet whole and complete (we got one just like it from a different retailer that ran out after our purchase) and it is beautiful and functional. When we ordered it from Amazon.com independent retailer, it was a whole other story.
The cabinet was shipped in pieces, which wasn't a problem as it is easy to put together. The problem was it was shipped in one box with the doors touching the outside edges of the box. If they would have shipped this in its orginal box inside another box with a bit of packing, there would not have been a problem. The first time we got it, the glass was damaged as was the doors. The second time, the glass was intact, but the doors were again damaged. The problem was that the line along the bottom and top of the doors that fits into the grooves so the doors slide back and forth were split and cracked making the items unrepairable. The wood is a composit and fragile. The main casing was also scratched and dented, again from the lack of proper packing.
In conclusion, if you can find this cabinet locally, go for it --its very nice. If you need to order it from anywhere, I would be wary and probably shy away from it. One wrong shift in packing and this thing is done for.
The finish is very nice, it's nearly black with a subtle woodtone, and the unit as a whole just looks great. The sliding glass doors work well, though items placed in the middle where the two doors intersect are difficult to access.
The one major quality complaint is that the shelves will slightly bow over time, especially if they're used to hold television DVD sets (which I do). Most media storage units are actually designed with compact discs in mind, so if you stock them with DVDs you find the bottom shelf will be too small to stand the DVDs up and you'll have to lay them on their sides. This one, however, holds all of the DVDs perfectly upright as it's supposed to.
I agree with the reviewer here that it's a good idea to buy locally if possible, the packaging isn't very protective. Assembly time will be approximately an hour, possibly shorter if you're accustomed to assembling DIY furniture.
As always, buyer beware! I bought another media storage unit from Atlantic thinking it would be the same quality as this one, and it most certainly was not (the unit I refer to is the Atlantic Drawbridge Media storage cassette, VHS, DVD, CD, you can read my review of that piece of trash by following the link).
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Nice product easy assembly. It an attractive unit for a good price. We have both CD's and DVD's stored and it looks very nice.Putting it together was something of a challenge for me (maybe just my skill set). Halfway through I thought this was a mistake... But when it was finished, I bought another one. Great for the price. My concern was that it didn't seem sturdy enough, but when I was finished, it was okay... Problems included that one of the insert pieces didn't fit because of poor construction and some places where holes were indicated for screws, three of the four holes were there but not the fourth.Want Atlantic 22135624 Windowpane Sliding Glass Door Cabinet, 576 cd/92 DVD, Expresso, P1 Discount?
It's a nice cabinet, but the pre-drilled holes in the top component of the casing were a bit too far apart. As a result, the side walls bow outward toward the top, and the doors cannot close flush with the walls.It's annoying, but the cabinet still serves its purpose.
The manufacturers need to pay closer attention to the accuracy of their machinery.
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