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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. Constantly unresponsive remote, never turns on…

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    Happy November 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Piece of junk, doesn’t turn on, would rarher have a 1997 trinitron

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  2. Sony Tv

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    Eberp November 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent purchase,clear imagen and technology 5 star

  3. Sony Bravia 3 TV

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    Blindman07 November 24, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Great TV. More than I expected. Highly recommend this product and seller.

  4. First time we can hear the TV Without our hearing AIDS.

    Verified purchase
    Glenda Tedders November 24, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    My husband and I are hard-of-hearing. This is the best tv we’ve ever had on being able to hear it without a hearing AIDS.

  5. My new Thanksgiving television

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    JohnL November 24, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV is awesome. The clarity is sweet. The TV is awesome. I’m glad I bought it.

  7. Great picture & an affordable $$

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    ShawnA November 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Awesome TV for the price. The picture is phenomenal !!

  8. Fantastic experience

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    Ayomiposi November 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great screen, resolution, color separation. Screen size takes viewing to different levels

  9. Can be good if you win the QA lottery! I didn’t.

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    Doener November 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I will be returning it after using it for a week. It is truly flicker free as far as I can tell, but the trade off is an IPS panel which has little contrast and lets the screen very appear gray at off angles. Mine also had some backlight bleed and a gap in the back of the housing (main reasons for return), but if you’re lucky it can be quite good at the price!

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  10. just enough

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    Workingmom November 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    No need for all the bells and whistles – this Samsung meets all my need. Great picture and perferect size 43’ for my bedroom wall.

    Price was right for boot!

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  11. Very happy

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    Shuu November 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Set up was not too easy as I was alone. After I had set it up and downloaded upgrades twice, I got the TV up and running. The picture is phenomenal the sound was a little tinny. So I went into the menu and compressed the sound which really helped, in fact it is amazing. My last TV was clearly on the fritz for a while. So happy with everything,

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