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. Outstanding Television

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    CCWW November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Amazing Television!!!!
    Perfect picture quality!!!!

  2. Exactly

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    ScottS November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Looks great, was super easy to set up and fits perfectly.

  3. Sony Bravia 3 55" 4K

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    user413487 November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great television. Compact enough size fits most areas and still provides big screen performance.

  4. Sony tv review

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    SharronB November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    My grandchildren are ecstatic. Early Xmas present in November

  5. Sony 75” TV

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    Kt21 November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony TV – awesome picture – great quality
    Highly recommend

  6. The Best Tv for our home

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    SedniqaG November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent tv. Best purchase of 2024 so far!!! Great Buy!!

  7. Great tv

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    JosephI November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV at a great price. Salesperson was very helpful., I love Best Buy

  8. Great tv

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    GregZ November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This tv was the prefect tv for the location we had it placed in. Good picture and sound!

  9. Best Picture quality for the Price!

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    hollywood November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Best TV for the price – I have OLED and many others this one is the smartest, easiest to use, only has the top apps, and is a great price.

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  10. Not what I expected

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    LeannB November 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    TV is not what I expected. Do not enjoy having to find the cable every time I turn it on, should just go to cable automatically.