Sony BRAVIA 3

Sony

BRAVIA 3 | 43", 50", 55", 65", 75", 85"

Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3
Sony BRAVIA 3

Customer Media

Highlights

Intelligent 4K Processing Powered by the 4K HDR Processor X1, this TV intelligently enhances every scene in real-time, boosting color, contrast, and clarity to deliver a lifelike 4K HDR picture.
Vivid Real-World Colors With Triluminos Pro technology, the BRAVIA 3 reproduces over a billion accurate colors with enhanced saturation and hue, ensuring natural shades and vibrant picture quality.
Smart Entertainment with Google TV Access over 700,000 movies and TV episodes across your favorite streaming services in one place, featuring hands-free voice control with Google Assistant and support for Apple AirPlay 2.
Immersive Cinematic Sound Experience clear, natural sound and powerful bass with the uniquely shaped X-Balanced Speaker, complemented by Dolby Atmos support for a truly atmospheric audio experience.
Optimized for PlayStation 5 Enhance your gaming with exclusive features like Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode, which automatically optimize picture quality for both gaming and streaming on your PS5.

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Exceptional Picture Quality: Users consistently praise the sharp 4K resolution, vibrant yet natural colors, and the ability of the X1 processor to upscale older, lower-resolution content with impressive clarity.
  • Strong Value for Money: Many reviewers highlight that this model provides the premium build quality and performance expected from the brand at a much more affordable price than high-end OLED models.
  • Intuitive Google TV Interface: The smart TV platform is frequently described as snappy and easy to navigate, offering seamless integration with popular streaming apps and effective voice control via Google Assistant.

Cons

  • Frequent Software Freezing: A recurring issue among users is the TV's tendency to freeze or become unresponsive, often requiring the unit to be physically unplugged and restarted to restore functionality.
  • Poor Remote Control Design: The included remote is widely criticized for being too small, lacking a numeric keypad for direct channel entry, and having no backlighting for visibility in dark rooms.
  • Unreliable Wi-Fi Connectivity: Multiple customers reported that the TV frequently drops its wireless connection or fails to find networks entirely, necessitating frequent network resets or hard reboots.

Customer Fit

  • Primary audience: People using this model as the main living room TV praise the large screen sizes (65–85"), theater-like feel, strong color, and clear dialogue for sports, movies, and everyday shows from across the room.
  • Secondary audience: Many buyers explicitly installed the 50–65" sizes in bedrooms and liked that it’s easy to mount, sounds good without a soundbar, and is quick to get streaming.
  • Ideal scenarios: Reviewers say PS5 gameplay “looks great” and input lag feels low for casual gaming, but competitive players wanting 120Hz/VRR or simultaneous 4K+HDR may be disappointed.

Customer Reviews

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  1. Best Tv Ever

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    FosterC May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love this tv and I also loved how the guy who helped me get it in my vehicle was so nice and he went above and beyond

  2. Love my TV!

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    PatriciaT May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. The picture is so clear and crisp. Love it!

  3. Needed to replace my 65” TV

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    SnPL May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I’ve always loved my 65” Sony Bravia TV so when it died after 4.5 years. I stayed with Sony. I still love the TV, great picture.

  4. Simple to use and great visual experience!

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    JonS May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The Sony Bravia 3 has the exceptional picture quality you expect from Sony and was very easy to set up.

  5. 65" tv

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    stubbleduck May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    clear picture and easy use with google tv excellent dark/light clarity

  6. 50 inch tv

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    bulldog7682 May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I highly recommend this tv for many reasons the color

  7. Sony TV

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    JoannG May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Not the TV I wanted, but it was in stock so went with that one

  8. Great tv

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    JohnnyM May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv for the money picture is very clear and tv is easy to use

  9. Awesome

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    AlbertoM May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent product the image quality is amazinga, beatyfull.

  10. Quick turn off

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    DanielF May 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Returned within the first week. TV would turn on and then turn off after about 15 seconds. Eventually it would stay on and when it did, the picture would be fine. Very frustrating. Returned it for the Samsung I initially intended to buy, but was convinced by the salesman that he thought I would like the Sony.