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. Bought this during the holiday sale. Worth it.

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    RhissaR January 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. Picture quality is top notch. I received a Samsung sound bar as a birthday gift and the two together are an awesome set. Without the sound bar, the flatscreen sound is fine (much better than my other flatscreen), but having the additional sound with this large TV absolutely enhances the viewing.

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  2. MikeG

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    MikeG January 18, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The best in customer care, installing and a host of other benefits.

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  3. SONY BRAVIA 3

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    JONV January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    SONY BRAVIA 3 TV GREAT TV WITH APPS, LOTS OF CHANNELS.SONY BRAVIA 3 SMART TV!

  4. sony's the best

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    SCH1949 January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    excellent picture and sound. easy to use streaming.

  5. Bravo Bravia

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    user943231 January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. Just need to get use to the new tech. It is always changing.

  6. Very satisfied.

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    CodyB January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have been very pleased with my purchase. This was a substantial upgrade and makes movie night such a pleasure.

  7. No good

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    Elena Salazar January 17, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    It wasn’t good because it arrived damaged

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  8. Excellent tuner, beautiful sound!

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    Monroe Payne January 17, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    We get most of our TV channels over the air. The tuner’s auto-program feature found 33 channels (I was only expecting 6-8) and they come in crystal clear – no blinking out like the TV it replaced. Extra bonus, the sound is absolutely beautiful with full bass and crisp highs. The bass is well tempered. No booming or muddiness. The SONY is a bit more expensive than it’s competition, but the quality shows and I would happily buy it again.

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  9. Well satisfied

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    DebbielP January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture,good price and really easy setup. Highly recommended

  10. TVland

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    FrankB January 17, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Super Bowl Sunday ready and willing,hurrah let’s make it a National Holiday

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