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. Sony 43in tv

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    MarkG January 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Greatly picture high definition and quality .very happy with my purchase.

  2. Great TV

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    LS15 January 3, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bought this as a spare TV. Excellent TV and smart features,

  3. Perfect.

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    LambertoC January 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The picture is covert bright, the Dolby Vision is amazing, and I also love the Sony Picture Core app

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  4. Good buy

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    MarkH January 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent color right out of the box easy to use apps sound is okay but sounds great with my Bose hooked up

  5. Great Sony Bravia

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    Leon January 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s a great tv, has all the apps I need and great picture quality for sports! It was also the perfect fit for my living room corner. You don’t need a sound bar because the tv speakers can get loud. It’s not light so be sure to have 2 or more for installing.

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  6. Sony 85" Bravia Smart TV

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    baby January 2, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony 85″ Bravia Smart TV…….absolutely wonderful. The color is great. Easy to set up.

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  7. Great picture quality and ease of use

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    RezaB January 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV for the great price. If you need some high quality picture with smart functionality for basic day to day TV shows, series, etc, this is the best option for the money.

  8. Pretty good purchase

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    JuarezG January 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is a really great tv it is much bigger and brighter than my old tv I really like the controller and it has some very nice features

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  9. Very Good TV

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    David January 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Pretty good looking TV. For the price you get a a lot of quality

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  10. Picture freezing

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    Amazon Customer January 1, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Having an issue of picture freezing sometimes when selecting another channel. You can hear the new channel audio but the previous channel is froze in place. Have to shut TV down and start over. This is VERY ANNOYING and I’m seeking an answer. I hope I don’t have to go through the trouble of returning this TV. I really don’t have time for a brand new TV that has a problem. I wanted this documented so Amazon can have a history.

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