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Tour Fuad Reveiz's Home Theater A former NFL kicker opens the doors to his den-converted home theater. From "Home Theater" episode DHTW-105

In this segment host Corey Greenberg takes you on a tour of a former NFL player's--Fuad Reveiz--home theater. The former University of Tennessee and Minneapolis Vikings kicker transformed a small den into a dazzling home theater with three big screen televisions, in-ceiling surround sound with an event-based remote control.

Fuad loves the game of football. He was an All-American in college and All-Pro in the NFL, but the former star's favorite position now is playing "father" to his two athletic and football-playing sons. "Retirement is a lot of fun, but I've never enjoyed football more than I'm enjoying it now by watching my boys play," Fuad said.

The proud papa wanted a room where he could share his passion for football with his sons by being able to watch three games at one time, and one of the screens is extra large so he can also review game tapes with his boys. "We come up here, literally, the night after the game because they're [his sons] so keyed up, they can't go to sleep afterward," he explains. "Then we watch their tapes and we go through one of the things that they do well, the things they do wrong and how they can improve their game."

In this segment enjoy a tour of Fuad Reveiz's home theater with a transformation from a small den (seen here) into ...

a beautiful home theater that ...

features three televisions!

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	Figure A
	Fuad enjoys watching game film with his two sons, who each play high-school football.
	Figure B

Building a home theater with three television screens seems like an ambitious project that could cost a fortune, but Fuad set a budget of $10,000 and the DIY Weekend Remodeling host and contractor went to work building the home theater himself--along with the help of a designer.

Fuad and the designer were working in a corner of the room when they decided that they wanted the display of televisions to blend seamlessly into the existing space (figure A). They built the wall out and built pockets to house the larger TV in the bottom. "We also did a lot of things that we could have bought pre-made," Fuad admits, "but we decided to make it ourselves and be able to save money that way and also be able to put it in the budget that we were aiming for."

Money was also saved by accommodating his sons' passion for video games. He initially installed a plasma TV, but plasma screens are "not" recommended for playing video games, so Fuad replaced the plasma with a rear-projection big screen. "We ended up getting three TVs for the price of even a modest plasma TV," Fuad said. "So, it was a very good economic fit and also met the application very well."

Placing three big screens on one wall did create a couple of design dilemmas:

1. First, there wasn't enough room to store the components, so they moved them into a nearby closet.

2. Second, they had to figure out a way to control the three monitors with one remote. They used a radio frequency application and programmed it into the remote, which allowed them to be able to change all three TVs independently.

Note: Since Fuad didn't want to run wiring through his walls for an infrared repeater system, radio frequency was the perfect choice.

When it came to choosing speakers, Fuad wanted great sound but didn't want a bunch of boxes taking up space in the room. He went with a five-point-one surround-sound system, and one of the design considerations was also space. They went with all in-wall and in-ceiling speakers (figure B), which were also cost effective.

All in all, Fuad spent approximately $3,000 on the three big screens, $1,000 on the in-wall surround-sound speaker system, $1,000 on the radio frequency remote system, $2,000 on gear and a gaming console, $500 on the event-based remote control and another $500 on construction materials--for a total of approximately $8,000.

Fuad was thrilled to come under budget on this project, but he was even more excited about how this room brings his family together. "It's just really a room in which I can come in and have fun with my kids and be involved with their growing up, be involved with what they're doing day-in and day-out," he said.

In the final segment of DIY's Home Theater Workshop Corey takes you on a tour of the home theater he, engineer Mark Midyett and homeowner Peter Moore built from scratch.

RESOURCES :

Don Fillers & Assoc.
Website: www.dfasolutions.com

McDougall Bros. Construction, Inc.
Website: www.mcdougallbros.com

Belden CDT Electronics Division
Website: www.belden.com

Kinetics Noise Control
Website: www.kineticsnoise.com

Middle Atlantic Products, Inc.
Website: www.middleatlantic.com

Terratex Fabrics
Website: www.terratex.com

Lutron Table Lamp Dimmer with Remote
Lutron Electronics, Inc.
Website: www.lutron.com
Website: www.crutchfield.com

GUESTS :

Mark Midyett
Engineer/Designer
Don Fillers & Assoc.
1003 North Broadway St.
Knoxville, TN 37917
Phone: 865-523-4470
Website: www.dfasolutions.com