When the Houston Rockets needed to remodel their entire players’ area––the weight room, locker room, coach’s area, and more, they called in the experts from Home Theater Evolutions, founded by Richard Machemehl and Scott Crain right here in Sugar Land! Richard says, “Scott and I are definitely Rockets fans, so we really enjoyed meeting all the players and getting a look behind-the-scenes at the Toyota Center. We were also able to create some really cool electronic solutions for them…which is what we love to do!”

Teamwork isn’t just for the court anymore…your electronics have to work together too! Scott says, “The Savant Automation System is the ‘brains’ of the system, so we set iPad controllers into the walls. The coaches & players can control every screen and all the sound from their own iPads. There’s an Apple TV and Blu-Ray players hooked in…and we connected dozens of televisions throughout the facility. In the theater room, we created a video wall made of sixteen 55-inch LED panels that work together in a screen that totals 16 ft x 9 ft! Then in the locker room we used nine panels for a screen that’s 12 ft. x 6.5 ft.”

Richard says, “Whenever we’re designing a theater room from scratch, we start with a conversation about how the room will be used. We talked about how the coaches wanted to use the room. We were able to include an annotation system, so that there’s a sixty-inch touch screen where the coach can ‘write’ with a stylus directly onto the footage. You know when you’re watching a game at home and they mark up the playback with graphics? He can do that for his team…and then pull it up on the television or “send” it to any television in the facility. If an injured player is getting iced, the coach can turn on the system remotely in that room, so the team can review footage and go over a game plan together.”

The players like to pump up the music while they’re pumping iron…so Home Theater Evolutions gave them 4000 watts of sound with JBL speakers in their weight room and 2000 watts in their locker room. Scott says, “The team likes how flexible and user-friendly it is. They all picked it up really quickly and can play music from their iPhones, iPods, XM radio or Pandora through the sound system.”

Every customer is treated like an MVP at Home Theater Evolutions. Scott says, “Come by our showroom and see the demo for the twenty state-of-the-art theater chairs we created and installed in the Houston Rockets theater room…complete with their logo on the back! Whether you pick a ready-to-go home theater package or want something custom-designed, we’ll create a game plan that works for your home, your family or business, and your budget!”

Home Theater Evolutions
281-980-2300
3157 Highway 6 at Williams Trace
www.htevo.com