I had max-ed out my old shelving units (mainly tall CD towers) and had various DVD collections (TV, reality, sports) stuffed in boxes in the basement, so I wanted to incorporate my current CD collection (just under 500) and the orphan DVD collections in one place. I hesitated with this shelving unit (wondering if it was too big and bulky, and some of the negative reviews got me thinking) but ordered anyway and I have no regrets. It is awesome. I have everything together (and even have shelves for my burgeoning BD collection) and I have plenty of room to adapt. It is solidly built (for what it is) and looks good vith various media in it. The fact that the shelves are only as deep as a CD or DVD box make it even better and easier to get a CD/DVD out and it doesn't stick out too much, just enough, and doesn't have a lot of dust gathering empty shelf room. Highly recommended.