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

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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. Excellent TV.

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    BeverlyC April 25, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very pleased. Nice picture. Like the home screen…

  2. nevet disappoints

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    MariettaE April 25, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Live my Sony Bravia – my 3rd one b never disappoints

  3. Sony tv

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    KaitlynM April 25, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love the tv so much Sony has such great quality and sound and brightness

  4. Best Buy

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    CarlosF April 25, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s was a great purchase I had in a wile , I really like.

  5. Sony Smart TV

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    BillM April 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great price bought this TV for a house git when my daughter moved into her new house.

  6. Great Value

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    KoreanMovie April 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Picture needed to be set up and motion smoothing turned off. Beyond that, the TV is bright and has decent speakers. No sound bar is needed. Would definitely purchase a larger version of the TV when possible.

  7. Tv turns itself on every night.

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    JamesM April 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have owned this TV about 2 months, and this Sony Bravia 3 turns itself on every night all by itself. I have exhausted all resources I can find, and done everything all of them listed as possible solutions, and it still does it. Apparently, Sony knows this problem exists, and doesn’t know why. I have disabled all settings that supposedly would allow the TV to self start, but it seems to have a mind of it’s own. I have resorted to turning volume down to 0 so it doesn’t make noise when it does this. This is my last Sony product. There should be a recall of all Sony Tv’s, and complete refunds to people who bought them.

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  8. Sony vs. Samsung

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    iboss April 21, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv, easy set up, simple to use, voice activated remote.

  9. Good Value

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    Volksl2022 April 21, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very nice TV. Excellent color, clarity, sound. Just the right size for me as well.

  10. Dads Room

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    KeithS April 21, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Easy set up, great customer service at the store and the picture quality is fantastic.