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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. |
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| 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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Good quality TV for reasonable price
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.gm4life December 20, 2025Review source: BestbuyI have owned low end, mid range, and higher end TVs over the years. Tried them all Samsung, LG and Sony…
This Bravia 3 in the 55 inch for the price is hard to beat. No, it doesn’t have OLED/Mini LED etc, nor is it 120hz. What it does offer for just a bit over $500 is a nice bright picture, surprisingly good PS5 performance (important as I game casually) and awesome upscaling of DVD/480, Blu-ray/1080 and standard Dish Network/1080 satellite. By the way 4K/HDR content from my Sony X700 4K Blu-ray player is good as well, not as good as the double the price Sony X90K we have but for the money very respectable.
The speakers are as with all TVs are just OK. I have a dedicated Denon 570BT 8K AVR driving Bose Acoustimass 5 Series V speakers so I don’t really need great built speakers.
If you want a solid, not over priced mid-range TV from a quality brand like Sony you can’t go wrong. It is a perfect basement living area TV. In fact I also have a 43 inch version in a bedroom!
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Bedroom tv
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.JohnP December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyExcellent picture and color. Great sound fits perfectly
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Love it!
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.Franky December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyThis TV is perfect for a wall mount ps5 pro setup, it works very well and great clarity/visuals.
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Sony is the best TV
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.TCam December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyExcellent quality and great functioning televisions . Great picture great variety programming. Very satisfied with this product and purchase.
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An excellent TV if you value Sony quality
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.Alexander December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyThis is an excellent TV. Sure, “on paper” it loses out to cheaper, more spec-heavy TVs from the Chinese brands (TCL, Hisense), but this TV is excellent in all the ways that makes a Sony TV great, quality. The colors on the Bravia 3 (like all Bravias) are accurate out of the box. No weird hues, or oversaturation. This TV also has Sony’s XR processor which makes lower quality content look phenomenal in 4K. Go ahead and try streaming an old season of Survivor from 2010, which originally aired at 1080i, and you’ll be able to see details like facial hair on people’s faces. It’s honestly like magic. Build quality is great too; it feels hefty and sturdy, not light, hollow and plasticky. TV review sites will give the Bravia 3 mediocre reviews because it has a direct lit panel and no local dimming zones, but honestly, if you value build quality and picture quality, this is your TV. If you wants specs for cheap, go TCL or Hisense, but if you value the Sony quality, this is a great option for the price.
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Great for what you pay for!
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.MarcT December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyIt doesn’t have the dolby vision or the faster processor. The good thing is while you save up for the TV you really want. The video quality and structure build is very good. Make sure you buy new HDMI cables with the tv. If you use the older cables while streaming your picture will be foggy. The sound is very good! Soundbar would be better. You need to save up for a system if you want one and this TV helps!
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Great TV
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.OJ32 December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyA crisp picture very easy to set up 10/10 so good thank you
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Sony Bravia 3
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.MikeM December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyI purchased this tv to replace an old LG and WOW! The picture is amazing and watching sports in great. I highly recommend this Sony Bravia 3 to anyone
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Better than expected
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.Ken Earls December 19, 2025Review source: AmazonIt was time for a new replacement smart TV. We wanted a top quality picture along with good sound. This Sony Bravia 3 was not the lowest price, but reviews strongly recommended this unit. We are really happy with this new TV. It took less than one hour for a novice to set it up and the best surprise is that we immediately noticed the TV speakers are superior to the previous TV and its associated sound bar. The picture is excellent and, important for our home, the size and scale for our home is almost perfect. Great picture, great sound and blends in with our home decor. It’s perfect!
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Good buy
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.AlfredoF December 19, 2025Review source: BestbuyAlways a Sony fan. Never fail to deliver. Price is excellent for the quality you get.