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