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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. tv delievery

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    RayL January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Arrived on time. Friendly, efficient doing their job.

  2. Sony doesn't disappoint

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    BrandonU January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great value and size. Picture is beautiful, sound leaves something to be desired. I added a sony sound bar to fix that.

  3. Perfect movies

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    LukeM January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This TV makes movies real pleasure to watch great clarity and contrast

  4. TV

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    JosephO January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The best TV we have ever purchased. The sound is awesome. De clarity is wonderful. The picture is of the finest quality I’ve ever seen. I would recommend this television to anybody that’s looking for quality TV.

  5. Great purchase

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    JudyK January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This TV is outstanding. We have purchased about 5 Sony TVs over the years and have never had a problem. This TV replaced my 10 year old Sony which was not a Smart TV. Otherwise I would not have replaced it. Perfect size for a bedroom and the sound quality is very good – no real need for a sound bar.

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  7. tv

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    JerrycD January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is the forth sony we have bought. Had good luck with the brand.

  8. Great product

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    JonH January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Easy to set up and put into use right out of the box.

  9. Great picture

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    RichardS January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sound and picture quality are excellent. smart TV with plenty of options.

  10. 5 Star All Around

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    ElianeW January 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We love the new TV. Picture so clear; would recommend Sony Bravia. We were especially pleased with the help and service we received from Best Buy, Oceanside.

  11. Tv

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    Cesarorti January 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I am delighted with this TV, the quality of the image, the sound ahhh and very good for video games

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