New Livebox Play range launches
Pascale Paoli-Lebailly | 05-02-2013
Orange's Livebox Play range, aimed at attracting new customers, is to go on sale from 7 February 2013 costing from €39.90 per month.
The new device, which combines an Internet box and a set-top box, has already attracted 100,000 pre-orders placed on the liveboxplay.orange.fr website.
Presented as full of cutting-edge technology, the Livebox Play packages promise customers the ability to use their screens for a vast range of uses, including browsing the Internet, playing games and social networking.
The new Livebox Play allows customers to share everything faster, with fibre optic download speeds of up to 200Mb/s, ten times faster than ADSL. "A 700Mb film can be legally downloaded in 28 seco$$$ instead of in four minutes 40 seco$$$ by ADSL," the French IPTV operator states in a press release.
Dual Wi-Fi will allow customers to connect the whole house to watch films in high definition on multiple screens and enjoy even better coverage. Orange claims it will cover the entire range of connection requirements for all the devices, computers, smartphones and tablets "for unlimited use throughout the house".
Furnished with an OLED screen displaying information in real time, the new product is also attached to an application for smartphones and tablets, to configure and control the box. My Livebox app is available free of charge and helps schedule Wi-Fi activation or an Internet connection for every device on specific days at specific times.
It is also possible to wirelessly connect up to four telephones with shared contacts. Equipped with an Intel Groveland processor, the Livebox Play set-top box aims to import the best of the Internet to TV and to other full HD devices - 3D graphics, video games, etc.
Customers will have the ability to browse the Internet and access a store with dozens of applications such as Deezer, Dailymotion, and Allociné. They will also be able to interact directly on social networks (Twitter, Facebook) from their TV, in connection with the programme they are watching. The remote control includes a gyroscopic control to change channels and adjust the volume with a simple stroke, a keyboard for surfing the Internet and social networks and a joystick to play games directly on the TV.
Through its new device, Orange is also promoting its cloud gaming package on Orange TV that includes a catalogue of more than 100 games for the whole family. The new service provides gaming without a console.
From April customers will be able to equip the set-top box with a Panasonic-assembled 3D Blu-ray player at a cost of €99.
From €39.90 per month, the new package still guarantees unlimited calls to land and mobile lines in more than 100 locations. It also enables customers to choose a personalised option from an unlimited VOD package, the unlimited music option Orange Deezer Premium + or the mobile Internet access package Let's Go.