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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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Great tv for a great price.
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.TomW February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyI’ve always been a fan of Sony products and this TV is another great product. The 55′ screen is great in my smallish living room. It was easy to connect to my sound system. It is my first ‘smart’ tv and I had no trouble connecting it to my Google account and watching all the shows on my PBS Passport. My previous tv was an early Bravia from Sony, still working great and I expect this TV will be every bit as good or better.
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Tv
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.Mari February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyLove sound and pictures quality , movies are great on it
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owner
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.PaulB February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyHave been using new Sony Bravia 3 for approximately 3 weeks now. Happy with TV purchase. Giving it 5 stars for it’s great sound and picture/color quality. However, within days of using TV, I experienced frequent/ongoing problem with the remote (there is few seconds delay when turning on or off the TV or changing channels. I would have giving overall rating of 5 stars if not for this constant program/on and off delays with either TV or remote. I am in process of calling local Best Buy store in Nashua, NH to see if this a nation wide problem with this Sony TV model or just my set.
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Sony
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.StevenM February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyMy wife pushed me to a Sony Bravia. It’s a great replacement for an older Vizio. So far, I love the picture quality and the smart tv features which my Vizio didn’t have. The price was reasonable. Im not a techie, but I was able to setup the set with ease. My original choice was Sumsung, but Im very happy with the Sony
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Why I bought a second Sony BRAVIA
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.Tempting February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyMy first Sony BRAVIA TV is set up in the master bedroom. I replaced the TV (a competitor) in my living room with this Sony 50″ BRAVIA because the picture has much better color contrast and is brighter. The price was right as well.
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High Quality in all
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.Haulier February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyBest quality in images, sound, and technology. Having a theater at home. What else do you need?
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Not good for an older person.
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.ComboProf February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyPicture is good but instructions are not clear.
I bought this TV for my 98 year old mother.
She likes SONY so thats what I got to replace her older model I would have prefered it not to have google tv. Having google TV made it difficult to set up to just see the cable box. Also it keeps going to sleep when it becomes idle. This is not good for an old lady who often falls asleep an when she wakes expects the TV to be working. I am not sure yet how to fix this issue. Can’t Sonay just make a basic TV and not a smart TV. -
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Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.StevenF February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyBeautiful picture, very happy with my choice
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Great picture, great price
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.DustinDD February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyBig fan of this TV. Set it up and was really surprised at how great the picture is considering the price. The volume works well for the room I have it set up in, but for a larger room a sound bar would do well. It interfaces really nicely with my PS5 as it is a Sony product. I am really happy I purchased this TV!
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Sony Bravia TV
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.DaleR February 21, 2025Review source: BestbuyGreat tv, easy to use makes old content look better,