magic box
noun- The viewer sits in front of the "magic box," being entertained.1963, Scholastic Voice, volume 34, page 14:
- A television program is a magic act. […] It was his [Walter Cronkite's] ability to appear in the magic box that gave him the tremendous authority necessary to lay claim to the absolute truth.2009, Marianne van den Boomen, Digital Material: Tracing New Media in Everyday Life and Technology, page 174: