the absence of that noisy, black box

My television has recently died of old age. I am thinking of replacing it with one of those supercool LCD TVs that are of fashion nowadays. But when I rearranged the furniture to make up for the space the TV left, I realized that the place looks much better in the absence of that noisy, black box, with its flickering images and everlasting chatter. Its absence made the room delightfully still.