Meanings
nounmagic box (plural magic boxes)
plural magic boxes
- idiomaticinformalTelevision.
The viewer sits in front of the "magic box," being entertained.
1963, Scholastic Voice, volume 34, page 141 more example
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
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