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. good tv

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    Skorsik February 23, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good quality for the money, I would recommend buying in this price range.

  2. Television

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    AdonisD February 23, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Not top of the line, but you get what you pay for.

  3. great tv

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    Justice February 23, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    love this tv. great picture and amazing sound. I have the 84 inch (I believe) for my living room and the 55 inch for my room.

  4. Bravia 3 75” (Yassss)

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    ChristianP February 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is my first 75 inch tv and I love it! Never in my life would I buy an almost 1k tv. I did my best to do a lot of research on what was out there but there are always mixed reviews on most tvs. This one had the best reviews but there is minor lagging at some points like what others mentioned. Doesn’t ruin anything truly. Colors are beautiful and the sound quality is really good even on its own. The delivery by Cristian and Carlos was quick and efficient.

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  5. Worst SONY TV I have ever owned, and I own three others

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    RICK February 22, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    TV locks up changing channels then must restart TV if you use an antenna this is not the TV for you.

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  6. Waste of money

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    Christeray February 22, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    The TV came late and broken and there was no remote and power cord. We had a power cord luckily from a other TV.

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  7. Sony quality

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    MarkS February 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The tv has an excellent picture and good enough sound for regular tv viewing. The setup was a bit confusing. The remote takes some time to get used to because there are no numbers on it. I found I can use a sony remote from an older tv that has all the numbers on that makes changing channels easier. I have one wish that sony would have left a 3.5 mm plug for some of my older stereo equipment. I have a klipsh 2.1 system for my computer that I previously hooked up to my older sony tv. I would say it would be best for a movie experience to hook it up to a sound system. I have bought 7 Sony TVs since 1995 and have never had a quality issue with any of them. Its a bit more money but the sony quality is worth it

  8. christmas gift for family that we never got

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    GrantL February 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    never got deliverd. it was supposed to be my family christmas present. they never even called me to let me know it was not going to make it by christmas. they asked for another chance . I gave them a second chance in the middle of jan. they did it again not call or anything. I Paid over 2000 for a christmas gift for family . had to beg to get my money back

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  9. Think it is going yo be garbage

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    DaveM February 22, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Twice since I purchased two weeks ago, had to unplug the tv, then reset it. Wish I could bring this vack to the store

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  10. New TV

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    MarcosM February 21, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We tpok the advice of the sales rep and haven’t regretted it.