blu ray racks

[blu-bren]

i am after a blu ray tower or rack compatible for blurays

[Mr. Joshua]

This stuff is hard to find. I'm going for a custom build. Besides most racks are cheaply made.

[obiwopkenobi62]

I custom built mine with my Dad. Check out my gallery. It will hold up to 1,500. Total cost was 110.00

[Josh]

For the hardcore:

http://www.boltz.com/blu-ray-disc-fl...ng-bd-392.html

I have two boltz racks for my Blu-ray/DVD collection, but this one appears to be for BD only, if that was what you are looking for.

[Musashi]

I use a slotless bookshelf style rack from Sauder. I now have 3 of them in use for games and movies/shows.

[benricci]

Seriously? What happened to good old fashioned bookshelves?

[BluLobsta]

I use the Atlantic Elf Jr., which I'm very satisfied with. It's very sturdy, looks clean (for my tastes anyway) and is stackable for future expansion needs. It can hold 232 CDs, 120 Blus or 60 VHS. Ok, now for the poll...would somebody mind telling me what VHS is!?!?

http://www.amazon.com/Atlantic-3533-.../dp/B000264JZ4

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by Josh

For the hardcore:

http://www.boltz.com/blu-ray-disc-fl...ng-bd-392.html

I have two boltz racks for my Blu-ray/DVD collection, but this one appears to be for BD only, if that was what you are looking for.

Hardcore? That thing only holds like 400.

I'd reserve the term hardcore for 1k+ for now... but as more and more films get released even 1k won't be all that uncommon.

But for real hardcore, building a shelf is one's best bet. We've got well over 1500 DVDs here and we have a room just filled with home-made shelves. I can't imagine how much it'd have cost if we bought shelf units from stores for like 200 bucks each and that only hold a couple hundred cases...

[Anthony P]

I built my own shelves.
for the two units (that I built) around 200$ (CAD)

- 8 1"x8"x10' pine board - 4 are cut into 2 pieces (~7.5'-sides and ~2.5'-shelves) and 4 into 4 pieces (~2.5-shelves) this gives 9 shelves + top
- 2 ~2.5' thinner pieces (.e. 4") for kick plate, I used some pine that was in the garage
- 86 angle-brackets (4 for each self and 3 for the kick plate) one hole less then an inch
- 8 L- brackets and 4 T- brackets -- I did not want a back and it added rigidity

- a lot of screws
- condishioner/tint/varnish

assembly,
pick back and front, since movies are not deap (not near 8"), screw in the angle brackets (20 per side) a bit more to the back ( to make them less visible). Screw in top, "middle" and bottom shelves (use L for middle and bottom but Γ for top) . Add the L bracket to top and bottom and T brackets to the middle. screw under the bottom shelf the angle bracket as well to one on each side of the book case(make sure they are at the same depth from the front), and screw in the kick plate. now raise it and put it against the wall, add the other shelves ( you don't need to screw them in) and the movies/ books, what ever you will put


Note, it could have been built more simply and cheaply), but the angled brackets mean that the shelves are more easily moved if needed just going from L to Γ you can change the height by around 3/4 of an inch and if you ever need to change more then that, you can always remove the 4 screws holding the angle brackets (at least for most shelves) and move them without needing to make big changes (taking it apart). I put ~8" between most shelves and ~12" at the top for fancier boxes/stuff (for example the brief case of blade runner)

[syncguy]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

I custom built mine with my Dad. Check out my gallery. It will hold up to 1,500. Total cost was 110.00

THis is great. I will think about this design for myself. Thanks for the pictures.

[syncguy]

Originally Posted by Josh

For the hardcore:

http://www.boltz.com/blu-ray-disc-fl...ng-bd-392.html

I have two boltz racks for my Blu-ray/DVD collection, but this one appears to be for BD only, if that was what you are looking for.

It is hard to find these. Thanks for the picture. I prefer the previous custom design since it looks robust versatile and also economical.

[Marquoz]

If you look at my pictures, you can see what I am using. It is an unfinished piece of furniture from a local furniture store. It holds around 300ish blu-rays, it's not completely full yet, so I haven't gotten a good figure on it yet.

It was $99 unfinished, and then a weekend of staining, sanding, staining, sanding, etc. It looks very clean closed and it's solid wood so I'm not worried about it buckling like some other stands I've used in the past. I've had some cheap stands where I've had to drive nails into the shelves because the sides would bow out and the shelves would just fall.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

I custom built mine with my Dad. Check out my gallery. It will hold up to 1,500. Total cost was 110.00

Mine is what you would call hardcore.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by syncguy

THis is great. I will think about this design for myself. Thanks for the pictures.

No problem. The most important thing is when you go get the lumber make sure you get the straightest pieces you can find.

[owa]

I've got 2 of these and will be getting a 3rd one soon.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1171672959920

It's the bigger version of the Atlantic Elf mentioned earlier. I really like that they're expandable.

[obiwopkenobi62]

Originally Posted by owa

I've got 2 of these and will be getting a 3rd one soon.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1171672959920

It's the bigger version of the Atlantic Elf mentioned earlier. I really like that they're expandable.

You should think about building your own. Mine cost 110.00 for wood, paint, hardware etc. and will hold 1,500 movies. Think of it this way, you get a better rack, the pride of doing it yourself and save yourself some money. I can send you the dimensions of mine if you like, just PM me if you're interested.

[Al Bundy]

With my limited space I'm looking for case as well. Any links would be great for min space.

[Afrobean]

Especially if you have limited space, you should consider building your own. You'll be able to maximize space available to you by making it fit the exact dimensions you have available.

If you aren't confident in your woodworking or design abilities, try and get a technically minded friend to help you. Shelves are very simple in function and aren't hard to design/build.

[owa]

Originally Posted by obiwopkenobi62

You should think about building your own. Mine cost 110.00 for wood, paint, hardware etc. and will hold 1,500 movies. Think of it this way, you get a better rack, the pride of doing it yourself and save yourself some money. I can send you the dimensions of mine if you like, just PM me if you're interested.

That looks really nice and for $110, you can't beat that. I also like the capacity but unfortunately, I'm not much of a carpenter. I'll PM you for the dimensions though just in case I get ambitious.

[rpatt]

Originally Posted by benricci

Seriously? What happened to good old fashioned bookshelves?

That's what I'm using. They also serve as defusers on the right side.