New French Cable Box: Le Cube
Saturday October 18th 2008, 2:16 am
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The people over at gizmodo find the new cable box, “le cube” a lot more “stylishly French” than I think it is… I don’t find it stylish nor particularly French, except for the fact that it’s in France. I WANT to like it, but it’s not working for me. Anyway. More about it below.

From gizmodo:

“French cable provide Canal+ teamed up with touted OLPC and Jawbone designer Yves Behar to produce “Le Cube,” their new, ultra-stylish HD cable box with DVR and video on demand functions. Looking like a Wii all dressed up for a formal event, Le Cube blends simple geometry with simple colors to create something that’s visually striking.

But looks aside, this thing puts all of its interactive electronics and LED display into the black square portion of the box, leaving the rest relatively unscathed. It even comes with a remote control that matches the black and white motif. Call me crazy, but I wouldn’t mind moving to France just to have this in my living room. Le Cube will be available for Canal+ subscribers around November 4.” [source]

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That is seriously ugly, looks like a Nintendo NES from the 80s in black an white.

Comment by Patate 10.18.08 @ 7:20 am

Their first problem stems from the fact that it is not a cube at all. And French? What in particular do they feel makes it “French”?

Comment by starman1695 10.18.08 @ 12:07 pm

Maybe it’s french because it stinks ?

Comment by Calimero 10.19.08 @ 12:51 am



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