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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. Great picture

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    TVviewer April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture and overall good tv. Would buy again

  2. Best Bang for the BUCK!

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    WaltF April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good picture quality in our bright family room.

  3. Not impressed with this product at all

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    MariaB April 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Having issues with sound and picture. We are pretty disappointed with our purchase.

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  4. Sony 50" TV

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    DnosaJ April 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV – love the Sony product. Easy to use and wonderful to watch!

  5. Great tv

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    Vannsown April 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love this TV the colors are amazing good quality and price.

  7. Impressive image quality

    Verified purchase
    Shakira Calderon April 9, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    This Sony TV is wonderful! The image quality is amazing, the colors are vibrant and the details are sharp. The contrast is perfect, even in dark scenes. Ideal for watching movies in 4K, the experience is like being in the cinema.

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  8. Sony TV

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    TamaraH April 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Beautiful color and sound is great. Definitely worth the money.

  9. New

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    Comfortable April 7, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I absolutely love this TV! It was a fantastic upgrade from my Roku, and it looks stunning in my living room. The sound quality is incredible—no need for a soundbar! However, the Presidents’ Day sale was an offer I couldn’t pass up, and the savings were perfect to add a soundbar with a subwoofer. Highly recommend!

  10. Piert’s home theater

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    RobertP April 7, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Is a very nice TV I like to color and the quality of the TV. The size is awesome. It has nice speakers and a great sound paired with the bravo nine the eight system it’s banging.

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  11. Improper installation

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    Clem April 6, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV was installed by a contractor (NOT BESTBUY) and the speaker system I ordered was not installed properly, and NEVER worked so it was returned, I wanted a speaker system and very unhappy with the initialization and the TV because it does meet my hearing needs.

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