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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. Very Nice TV

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    VictorF May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excelent. Very good sound. And colors áre so brigth

  2. Overpriced

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    SpenW May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Works great but overpriced for what it is. Since buying I’ve seen same or better quality TV for less.

  3. Sony is always a great product

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    Xsquadron May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Grear size, picture, options, and it was a great price!

  4. Great Product

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    ConcepcionJ May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV with good quality and sound. Can’t ever go wrong with sony tv

  5. Sony meets the mark on picture quality

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    smartshopper May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great 43” TV. Very crisp, clear picture with extraordinary color. No blurring when watching fast action. Excellent sound also. A little more pricy than other brands, but picture quality is superb. However, You are on your own with set-up, as the owners manual only shows how to take it out of the box, put the stand on, or mount to a wall bracket.

  7. Great picture

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    JamesW May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Am very satisfied with this product. Installation folks were very helpful

  8. Beautiful new tv with no-hassle purchase and setup

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    Dinal May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I am thrilled with my new Sony Bravia tv. Even though my old tv was still working fine, I wanted a smarter tv and now I have one. Best Buy made the purchase process easy as pie and I was very satisfied with the Geek Squad set up. I always turn to Best Buy for a no-hassle experience and this time was no different. Keep up the good work!

  9. GREAT TV AT A REASONABLE PRICE!

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    leprechaun33 May 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I went to buy a Sony TV on the recommendation of my son who works with technology! At the store it was suggested that it might be out of my price range! It was a great buy and is a great product! I am a 100% Disabled Veteran and rely greatly on a reliable TV for entertainment and information!

  10. Reluctant smile

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    GlennW May 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Finally got it.. Took over a month to say it was broken 3 tvs later i got it.

  11. No volume

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    shirley May 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Has no volume you have to use a sound bar to have any volume