I was really surprised with the depth of the side cabinets...it held all of my dvd, which is a collection of about 160 dvds. I knocked a star off because the product came broken. I had to use wood glue on a part that ripped off when I went to pick it up and there was a knick on the top shelf of the stand. Took about 2 hours to put together. For the quality, it still looks really nice. However, I'm glad I caught the sale price on this. Wouldn't pay for it if it was full price.