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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. Sony Bravia

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    CarlosP February 19, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love this tv so technology I love everything high quality

  2. Great tv for price!

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    DebbieR February 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture! Sound is good also. Picture is good on dark scenes also. And that was impressive.

  3. Great tv

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    RicardoF February 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love the tv, great quality. Love the built in ui as well

  4. Bravia 43”

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    CarolR February 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent brand. Color great. Still trying to figure out how to brighten, lighten the picture though.

  5. Tv

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    Anonymous February 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent tv I really enjoy the picture and it’s perfect size and works well with the Sony sound bar and speakers I purchased also

  7. Best tv to by

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    DreT February 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I only buy Sony Tv i recommend if you’ve never had a Sony TV you buy you one, you will love it.I have six of them in my house

  8. Sony Tv

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    SherryE February 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Nice quality television , good picture easy to operate . This is my second Sony the first Sony tv lasted me ten years.

  9. Great TV

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    Bandito7 February 14, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is a great tv. The picture is sharp and vibrant. Our second Sony and this one is even better than the last! Owned a few weeks and no complaints. Sound is pretty good for a tv but I’m using my old Bose soundbar.

  10. Bedroom TV

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    Henbo February 14, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have really enjoyed my 50″ Sony Bravia 3 TV in my bedroom. I had purchased a 65″ Sony Bravia TV to replace my living room TV a year ago. Inhave always been a Sony buyer for many things through the years. Both TVs operate through Google. I have You Tub TV which is compatible. Both TVs have the same remotes and have beautiful colors. I recommend you consider Sony when purchasing a new TV.

  11. Disappointed

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    Robert February 14, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    There’s something off about the picture quality on this Sony. The colors are very unnatural. People are either super pale or way too overexposed. I shouldn’t have to manually adjust the colors so much. Plus I did a side by side comparison with my older model Sony and the older model displays are much more eye pleasing. Sadly I might have to return this one.