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. Sony 43" Bravia review

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    LawrenceO April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent TV, easy to setup. The only item I took issue with the TV is the TV remote. I don’t particularly like the fact it does not have a numeric key pad and that I have to go into a menu on screen to select the channel. It takes longer to scroll through the onscreen channels than it would to use a keypad. Even selecting the previous channel I have to use the onscreen menu. What’s with that?

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  2. great upgrade

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    olyone April 18, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    love it, great color

  3. it sucks. Don’t waste your money…

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    alan m. April 18, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Worst tv ever. Cannot watch a complete show or program without having to turn it off and reset it at least every hour on the hour. I will never again buy anything from Sony. Terrible. And of course no answer from help dept!!!

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  4. New house. New TV

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    SamT April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I bought this for our new house. It has a great picture and perfect sound. Very please so far.

  5. Haven't brought Sony in a minute.

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    Elvin April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great product who would have thought my first laptop was a Sony? And now, 30 years later, I buy a TV. That’s Sony, that actually worked great. I still remember my Sony vizio.

  6. Great tv

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    RobertH April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good tv, picture quality is great. Very user friendly connecting to google account.

  7. Sony 75" BRAVIA 3 Smart TV

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    brntwddl April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Fantastic TV!! Very vivd, not too dark, easy to set up, and easy to mount! Can’t go wrong with Sony!

  8. A great tv

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    DRAGON April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It is a very good tv great sound and great picture.

  9. First TV for my adult daughter

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    TomRieger April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    great picture and sound for all streaming services

  10. Sony 50inch

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    NancyK April 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I am enjoying my new tv it has many features that I wasn’t even aware of.