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. Not bad

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    BestBuyReviews March 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Pretty good picture and sound quality. Not bad for the money

  2. Sony tv

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    MohamedM March 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love it… large screen Sony is one of the best option for movies

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    KristinaG March 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I got it for my mom and she is very happy!!! Very clear picture, excellent tv

  4. Sony tv, 55".

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    PinerosE March 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    So far so good. I have purchased throughout the years Sony products. Quality, value and dependability are the things that have me going back to Sony brand name products.

  5. Sony Bravia 3

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    Elivoi March 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent picture and sounds,high quality color and feature

  6. Tv review

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    RuthP March 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great purchase I love my tv, will definitely recommend

  7. Sony Bravia Issue with ESPN app

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    Harry March 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    My 11 year old Vizio TV stopped working. I was planning to buy a 43″ Samsung TV. The salesperson at BestBuy talked me into buying this Sony Bravia…I was rather easily persuaded because the picture quality on this TV appeared substantially better than all the rest of the ones on display. However, out of the box the picture quality was so unnatural and pretty bad. No instruction manuals comes with it, I had to watch a few youtube videos to adjust the picture quality. Do not be misled by how good TV screens appear in a showroom.

    I have subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Youtube Premium, and ESPN+. There is a major issue with the ESPN app on Sony Bravia TVs…after 45 minutes on ESPN app, TV freezes and shuts down, you have to unplug and replug to restart the TV. Everyone has this problem with Sony Bravia TVs and Sony has no solution for it! If you call Sony support, they will tell you to uninstall and reinstall the app which is a complete waste of time, the same issue still exists. I wish I bought a Samsung TV.

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  8. simply the best . . .

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    Berkeley Brestal March 1, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    it’s my third Sony Bravia in (dare I say) 40 years. That’s how long they deliver great quality viewing. But I recently realized I can’t pick up the one I bought 20 yrs ago anymore, so replaced with a new model that I can pick up and move if I need to….

    Love you SONY!!!! I’ll never stray as long as your product integrity remains intact.

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    RalphM March 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    great picture but we are still trying to get use to the remote control

  10. Sony tv

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    LarryD March 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I enjoy watching this far but have only had it for two weeks.