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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. nice TV!

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    TomM April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    nice colors and blacks. good response time. remote is kinda wonky no actual direct rewind and fast forward so it’s a pain. i just use the remote from my old Sony TV it’s much more intuitive.

  2. Sony Bravia 3 LED smart tv

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    cvillecustomer April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The Sony Bravia 3 Smart TV I just purchased replaces the Sony Bravia TV I had purchased in 2006! It served me well for 19 years, so of course I am pleased to see that Sony still produces such a reliable product.

  3. Tv

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    Wenona April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good. The color is excellent. Enjoying the pictures and the sound.

  4. Great tv

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    Kmckm April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv! The sound is amazing and the picture quality is unmatched!

  5. Excellent Sony TV Purchase

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    JamesS April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We replaced our 14 year old Sony 48 inch with a 55 inch Sony.

    The picture is incredible! We couldn’t be happier!

  7. 50” Sony TV

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    dentl April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture! The right size. It was a great price too!

  8. Great TV

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    BravoBravia April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very Happy with the television. Particularly the controls function that I did not have with the prior TV I had.

  9. Wonderful TV

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    ChrstopherG April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent product! Beautiful picture and installed perfectly by the technician.

  10. Must have for ps5

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    JonathanV April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    You can’t go wrong with Sony. Vibrant colors, and ease of use with android

  11. Get “First Class Help” from Best Buy

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    CliffordR April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We were looking for a TV that had a plug in for a head phone as we had had a problem with just hearing aids. The gentleman who helped us took extra time to check all TV’s for us. They no longer make plugs for head phones but we bought a new TV.