テレビ台 vs テレビ to refer to the physical TV?


To what extent does テレビ refer to the physical TV as opposed to the medium
television? In other words, is it correct to say テレビを買う rather than テレビ台を買う?

Googling, I find equally many occurrences of both phrases, but significantly
more using "台" if I replace テレビ with ラジオ.




テレビ台 stands for a "television stand" like [this one](http://amzn.to/1OwbVzd).

テレビ stands both for a "television" as a medium (e.g. テレビの力, テレビ朝日) and a
"television set" (e.g. 液晶テレビ).

テレビ also stands for what in some English words wood be the prefix "tele-" or
"video-", like テレビ会議 for a "videoconference".

台 is a counter for devices, so テレビ１台 means "one television set" and Google
results could be affected by content containing such strings close to each
other.

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Additional information:

There is an older and more technical term
[テレビ受像機](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E5%8F%97%E5%83%8F%E6%A9%9F)
for a television set.

テレビジョン is a synonym for テレビ and describes medium, technology, and devices used
for video transmission.

And "TV" as a broadcasting company is usually called
[テレビジョン放送局](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E6%94%BE%E9%80%81%E5%B1%80).




テレビ台 stands for a "television stand" like [this one](http://amzn.to/1OwbVzd).

テレビ stands both for a "television" as a medium (e.g. テレビの力, テレビ朝日) and a
"television set" (e.g. 液晶テレビ).

テレビ also stands for what in some English words wood be the prefix "tele-" or
"video-", like テレビ会議 for a "videoconference".

台 is a counter for devices, so テレビ１台 means "one television set" and Google
results could be affected by content containing such strings close to each
other.

* * *

Additional information:

There is an older and more technical term
[テレビ受像機](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E5%8F%97%E5%83%8F%E6%A9%9F)
for a television set.

テレビジョン is a synonym for テレビ and describes medium, technology, and devices used
for video transmission.

And "TV" as a broadcasting company is usually called
[テレビジョン放送局](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E6%94%BE%E9%80%81%E5%B1%80).

