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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. |
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| 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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Sony 50 in
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.MichaelR November 1, 2024Review source: BestbuyGreat set at good price..Would highly recommend and set up easy
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All my TVs have been upgraded to Sony
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.PFan November 1, 2024Review source: BestbuyI was limited by size but had to go for the sony because all of the other sony TVs I have at home have been great. I’ve upgraded all three of my TVs to a recent Sony model and with google tv built in they are super easy to use.
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Great tv
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.Abc1234 November 1, 2024Review source: BestbuyGreat tv for the price. The graphic is stunning. Allows you to mirror shows from your tablet
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Great picture
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.angela longamore October 31, 2024Review source: AmazonTv was very easy to set up and had it running in no time and clear picture
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Tv!
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.JonathonG October 31, 2024Review source: BestbuyTv is great. Love the visuals and the menu home screen works well with the ps5 only thing i wished it had smart hd connections so i stop pressing the input buttons. Overall i sm satisfied.
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Best Sony led
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.JamesH October 30, 2024Review source: BestbuyAlways great quality…Sony never disappoints with quality and sound
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TV GUIDE
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.DeweyO October 30, 2024Review source: BestbuyI purchased a Sony 43in three years ago and had an excellent tv guide. (X85J) The best tv ever for that size. I purchased the Bravia 3 S30 43in today. What a great disappointment with Tv Guide. I watch TV with an outdoor antenna. This has turned me off after 40 plus years with Sony. They took care of streamers only with this tv.
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great picture
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.CAC October 30, 2024Review source: Amazongreat picture
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Clear, crisp picture, good audio
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product.stevi n October 30, 2024Review source: AmazonThis isn’t my first Sony and I’m glad I stuck with it. Very good quality especially for the price. Easy to set up. Remote is a little different and still figuring out some of the settings.
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Sony Bravia 3
Verified purchase Verified purchase: This reviewer bought the product. Incentivized Incentivized review: The reviewer received a benefit for sharing feedback.AlexandraG October 30, 2024Review source: BestbuyImage quality is top tier! Best purchase I’ve made in years ! Everyone enjoys it! My parents even bought one as well !