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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. Easy setup to google home and apple homekit

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    MCDC March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Software and set up was intuitive and easy (but it takes a while) Good picture and value for my needs

  2. Sony

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    Zzzzzzzz March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Remote is woefully underdeveloped. Needs channel select numbers and a flashback button for last channel.

  3. A wonderful purchase

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    TeresaD March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Beautiful picture quality. It is the perfect size for our bedroom. Picture is clean and clear. Excellent purchase and a good value for the price. Volume is good we added a sound bar. Perfect. Highly recommend.

  4. Sony Review

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    vdub March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The picture has looked crystal clear so far! The TV was very easy to hang on the wall.

  5. What a beautiful TV!!

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    KathyB March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This smart TV has excellent features and an outstanding picture!
    Best Buy’s staff is friendly and well trained to answer all questions no matter what department you are in!

  7. Sony Bravia from Best Buy

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    AmyM March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love this Sony Bravia! Its my second one. Best buy’s customer service was great!

  8. Trash

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    Dead March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The support legs are not adequate for this product. Tv fell and was trashed.

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  9. Sony Bravia

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    Hammertime5815 March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The Sony Bravia is the best quality television I’ve ever purchased

  10. Sony TV

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    Martins March 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s a good TV and smart, – I recommend it for family

  11. TV

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    Nove March 26, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bought this as a gift for my son. He absolutely loves it. It was easy to install and perfect for gaming