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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

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    Jamie October 29, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Perfect I love it. Very happy with it picture the picture is great. Sound to use more base.

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  2. Sony tv

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    PaulaSims October 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I received excellent service and the delivery went well and my TV is working great

  3. LOVE it!!

    Verified purchase
    D.L. Bruin October 27, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Sony makes the best flat screens. Gorgeous picture, awesome color.

  4. Refuses to describe all details

    Jeffrey H. October 27, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    The fact that I asked a simple question about the brightness and they can’t give me an answer I won’t be buying this tv. I really like Sony it’s a shame that they can’t provide all the details of the tv.

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  5. Very poor performance.Difficult to use.

    Verified purchase
    Amazon Customer October 27, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    I should have brought another Samsung. Nothing but headaches with this piece of garbage. Remote doesn’t work all the time. Can’t control the sound, it is up and down all over the place. If I could return it I would.

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  7. sony 65" tv

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    NormanA October 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    easy set up, has a very good picture quality I would recomend this product

  8. Best 4k tv 2024

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    Arthur October 26, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I always own Sony TVs. Once my old tv broke. I decided to give samsung a try. I like it at the beginning but the software and constant freezing or lag on its software made me change back to sony. This tv has it all. And its super easy to work your way around the software from Google. I personally think its a lot cleaner.

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  9. Garbage

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    BrianM October 26, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    DONT BUY this tv the remote works for 1 WEEK and doesn’t respond after that.you have to call Sony and reset everything over the phone after that it will be really slow to respond by then your 2 weeks is up to return the tv for a refund.BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK

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  10. Colors are very bright on this rv exactly as I wanted.

    Verified purchase
    Amazon Customer October 26, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    it’s extremely easy to operate this tv..exceptional for the price.

  11. Is not suitable for opposite a window.

    Verified purchase
    Christine K. October 26, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    This is not a non-glare tv at all. The Google operating system responds slowly. Sound quality is good.