Chameleon TV: The 'invisible' satellite dish that blends in with your brickwork

 

By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 9:02 AM on 09th June 2008

 

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They're hardly the most attractive or classy addition to the exterior of a home.

So designers have come up with a satellite dish that’s less likely to incur the disapproving glances of the neighbours.

Called the Sqish, it is a receiver which blends in with its surroundings.

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Your traditional, not-too-attractive satellite dish...

 

... The chameleon-like Sqish hides itself from view thanks to a sticker designed from a digital photo image

Whereas conventional dishes are round, concave and grey, the Sqish is a flat square, giving it its name.

Buyers decide where they want the receiver placed on their house, take a photograph of the surrounding wall and the Sqish is then supplied to match its background.

The Sqish has just arrived on the UK market and, according to those trying to sell it, it is already being ordered by homeowners who live in conservation areas which have planning restrictions.

It also appeals to those who live in areas where satellite dishes are thought to lower the tone.

This phenomenon is described by the Sqish’s suppliers as ‘dish stigma’.

Phil Millington, of UK stockist The Satellite Shop in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, declared: ‘The Sqish is a discreet alternative to a satellite dish and can be used to receive Sky and Freesat in the UK. It can be camouflaged to help it blend into its surroundings with the addition of a bespoke sticker created from a digital photo.

‘It can also be used in areas sensitive to planning restrictions or dish stigma – and in coastal towns where dishes are prone to rust – because it is made from plastic.'

The Sqish costs £149 and an extra £25 for the matt-finish camouflage sticker.

The camouflage receiver may also prove useful to households whose satellite dishes regularly become home to nesting birds, the activities of which can interfere with the quality of the TV signal.

 

Enlarge With some perspective: An angled shot shows how the Sqish illusion work

thats cool

^Yup - satellite is a dish best served cool............................... :rolleyes:

thats hilarious are they selling them already

...What? But, it'd still be completely visible unless you're standing right in front of it, have only one eye open so you have no sense of perspective, and can't tell the difference between a faded photograph and a real brick wall. Otherwise it'd look like some really bizarre warp in the wall, probably a lot more noticeable than a satellite dish.

 

Ok, pointless rant over.

...What? But, it'd still be completely visible unless you're standing right in front of it, have only one eye open so you have no sense of perspective, and can't tell the difference between a faded photograph and a real brick wall. Otherwise it'd look like some really bizarre warp in the wall, probably a lot more noticeable than a satellite dish.

 

Ok, pointless rant over.

 

Hey!! Stop dissing the dish!!:dozey:

I won't diss the dish...

 

I'll DROP IT ON THE CONCRETE

Hmm. What can I say? At least it's a step forward in the right direction.

Now they need to do something to make it work from every angle, or shrink the dish even more.