Atlantic 64835194 Mitsu 78 CD/54 DVD/BluRay/Games 3-Tier Media Rack (Smoke)

by Atlantic

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 6 x 3 inches ; 1.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009AI5XA
• Item model number: 6483-5194
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

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Atlantic - Mitsu Multimedia Rack 6483-5194 Media Holders

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars You get what you pay for, June 15, 2010

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This review is from: Atlantic 64835194 Mitsu 78 CD/54 DVD/BluRay/Games 3-Tier Media Rack (Smoke) (Electronics)

A little less than $30 including shipping will get you some pieces of plastic that when assembled will become the media rack above. A word to the wise: careful with how you insert DVD/BRDs; push them all the way in before letting them rest on the rack because they might fall through. The plus side though is that dust may not collect as much with this particular design.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many have been received, but few worked out., February 28, 2010

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Atlantic 64835194 Mitsu 78 CD/54 DVD/BluRay/Games 3-Tier Media Rack (Smoke) (Electronics)

I've just returned another CD rack that was a bad idea--an over-the-door model requiring you to implant screws down the middle of your door--almost as ill-conceived as the storage boxes with individual slots for each CD. Fortunately, Atlantic provides some reasonably-priced (admittedly not high quality), practical solutions to the challenges confronted at an ever increasing rate by collectors. (Even the geek collectors are constantly looking for bigger external hard drives and whining about uncooperative equipment that has suddenly "lost" all of their precious collections of audio, video, and photographic files. It's a difficult game to win at.)

This review could change things [apparently it did, since the price has gone up--though it's still under that of the smaller model], but at present these 3-shelf Atlantic Mitsu units are not only relatively inexpensive but they're priced below the identical 2-shelf Atlantic Mitsu. It doesn't take a rocket-scientist to figure out which one to purchase. But don't dally and delay, because these sorts of irrational price disparities usually don't last long on Amazon. (I was fortunate to get it before the recent boost, putting it above 15. It's still most likely your best bet, though I wish the company would dispense with the "safety harness" for screwing it into the wall, thus potentially saving the consumer a few extra dimes and nickels.)

Not that the pictured shelf unit represents some sort of screaming value. It's inexpensive plastic (while screwing in the shelves, the plastic emitted some loud cracking sounds, making me afraid to look (a pile of unsalvageable broken plastic)--but it held!). It's very light (the enclosed safety harness for "nailing" the unit to your wall seems like a joke), and it's much smaller than the picture would suggest (the whole thing came in a box about the size of the ones Apple provides with its iPods). The bottom shelf is a bit of a nuisance to fit together (took me almost half an hour) but, once done, the remaining two shelves are a breeze (simply repeat what finally worked with the bottom shelf).

If you have a bit more patience (and space), the Atlantic Elf units are bigger, heavier, sturdier and more convenient to use--whether for CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, or a combination. All of the shelves are slanted in manner that ensures the stored item will remain in place and be plainly visible (though, mounted high, the upward slant makes the discs less, rather than more, visible). But they're a bit more expensive than the Mitsu design, they won't fit all spaces like the Mitsu model (perfect for a small Japanese home), and they can be time-consuming to assemble, at least for those of us who are such klutzes we require reading the instructions. If you're attracted to the Atlantic Elf unit but have some reservations about your engineering skills, I'd recommend starting with the smaller unit (Elf Jr.) that's 3 shelves, can easily fit on top of a desk, and allows you to add on another 3-shelf unit at a later time. If you find the smaller unit a cinch to put together, then you may wish to spring for the full-sized, 6-shelf, 590 CD Elf Titanium unit the next time (I have no space for it to stand in).

But you can't go wrong with the Atlantic Mitsu at this price, whether you stand it on the floor, on your desk, on top of a book case--it's an all-purpose, pint-sized but practical, unit that will fit anywhere and do the one thing it's being asked to do--hold a fair number of CDs and make it easy to organize them in an accessible order (which is not possible with any unit employing slotted positions for each jewel case).