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. Back to Sony and loving it.

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    AC3670 May 7, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I wanted to replace a twelve-year-old Samsung 40″ Smart UHD TV with something that has newer screen technology and smart features. I have not been disappointed with my new SONY. The screen is bright; colors are rich and vibrant.
    The home screen gives access to all the streaming apps and other smart features. Included with the purchase is the SONY Pictures Core app, with 5 free and many other included movies.
    This TV doesn’t have a NextGen tuner (ATSC 3.0) built in, so I am using an outboard tuner/DVR for those signals.
    Watching “The Americas” in full HD and HDR (High Definition and High Dynamic Range) is an excellent demonstration of the picture quality. The TV sound is good and has a range of adjustment options but not comparable to listening with a soundbar or multichannel audio system.
    For most, this TV will be an excellent choice for a small living room or family room, with seating under 15 feet from the screen.
    I am really happy with this purchase which was an open box item and marked down substantially from the retail price.

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  2. Great purchase

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    Brendam May 7, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture quality and sound! Great price for the quality.

  3. SONY tv is a smart purchase

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    ZugDude May 6, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Top notch tv for our bedroom use. Great images, easy to set up and use.

  4. Best TV ever

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    SamanthaC May 6, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great quality. It’s like you are there. Really good price and we love it. Theater like

  5. Incredible color definition and sound

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    LeticiaV May 5, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent difinition and clear image with amazing color vibrance. It provides a great home theater feeling and when paired with the Sony sound bar and bass it takes the movie watching experience to a new level

  6. SONY THE BEST

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    michael farrow May 5, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Excellent buy 4 me

  7. Great for the money

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    Mary May 5, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good picture. Sony tends to not break frequently, and holds up well.

  8. Great TV

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    Kenny May 4, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent picture and quality sound, Sony is the best TV ever made.

  9. TV

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    RadikaS May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    TV generally offer superior picture quality, particularly in dark environments, due to their perfect blacks and infinite contrast ratio. It excel in bright rooms with high brightness levels and wider color volume.

  10. Lets go!

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    billonahill May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    none of the Sony TV’s I have owned ever failed. The technology moved forward making the current TV obsolete.