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. Thats not a TV! THIS IS A TV!

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    DonB January 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent TV. Added a 5.1 Sound System, tuat made it incredible! The Sales Associate was very helpful. Not pushy, yet very knowledgeable.

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  2. Sony

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    JenniferP January 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv. Picture is clear. Apps were easy to use within the TV.

  3. Another SONY win!

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    LarryB January 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I replaced an 8 year old SONY with this and the difference is amazing! Incredible picture and easy to setup, despite the lack of printed manuals. Much simpler to use than older sets. The access to Apps and the ability to add external storage are tremendous. Interestingly the sound is much better with my existing soundbar. There are some things to not like such as a non-backlit remote and the table stand no longer has space between the legs for a soundbar.

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  4. Great color, sharp image.

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    HappyShopper January 12, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love yhe picture. Sounds good too. Previous TV was a Sony Bravia with android operating system that was more intuitive to navigate.

  5. Great

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    Samm January 12, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture and sound quality, we love the built-in google tv

  6. Love my new tv

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    PaulaR January 12, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Best Buy had our tv ready in 1 hour for pick up. Easy to set up. Great picture.

  7. Constantly drops WiFi

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    KatG January 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I really wanted to love this TV. I purchased from Best Buy and had Geek Squad deliver it and set it up. I really like the picture on the TV, but there is a major flaw.
    This TV is constantly losing the Wi-Fi connection. I’ve had it for three weeks now and it has happened twice. The worst part is that when I go to reconnect, the TV doesn’t show any available WiFi networks. The only solution is to unplug the TV, wait a few minutes and it will reconnect. For a TV that cost this much, in this day and age consistent dropping WiFi is unacceptable! I don’t know what this glitch is, but to lose the functionality to stay connected to the internet is ridiculous. And when this happens to lose the capability to find ANY WiFi networks without unplugging is beyond frustrating. I’m disabled and climbing around the back of the TV to unplug it, takes major effort on my part.
    All my other devices work fine, even called my internet provider, no issues. It’s this TV! Look for a better TV- I used to have such faith in Sony, no more.

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  8. Easy to use

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    Megk January 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Really nice and easy to use for my mom who is turning 70. Has been wonderful for my sister who is visually impaired as well. Sounds great crystal clear as well. Highly recommended.

  9. Tv is great 3rd party installation wasn't

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    bugsound January 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    the tv is great. however the first installation date was miss. when the tv was instal the 3rd party left cord hanging on my wall tv. The geek install cleared cords and set up my remote for my tv

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  10. Very pleased with Sony's 50" Bravia TV.

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    BarbaraC January 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I’m a Sony fan and I’m a proud owner of a new 50 inch Sony. Great price, great size, and truly beautiful picture quality. All I can say is that you should get one!!!