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. TV

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    TCAni October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good product. Clear, bright colors and pictures. Recomendable.

  2. Mr.

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    TravisL October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent picture and features. The price was extremely affordable as well. The no interest time frame to pay for it was the deal sealer.

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  3. Best buy 1st experience with tv's

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    Walter October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very satisfied with sakes people, the geek squad did great with
    set up and ezplaining things, also were knowledgeable & accommodating

  4. TV

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    CarolineC October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very clear picture. Feels like a movie theater experience every time we watch TV.

  5. Tv review

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    MelH October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very nice tv with a great picture. Very sharp and color excellent.

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  6. Mrs.

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    HangN October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Tv looks great, the picture is clear, the color is perfect

  7. Quality TV

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    Doug October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great quality at a reasonable price. Very happy with this purchase.

  8. Good audio

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    FrankS October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great audio without soundbar Dolby sound
    Was hoping with Bluetooth… wife could listen with headphones and I could listen thru speakers. I could not accomplish this . She is hard of hearing

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  9. Great value for what you pay, highly recommended.

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    ER11 October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s been a month and we couldn’t be happier with our purchase. The quality of our Sony vs the Samsung we had before is just way better. The Samsung only lasted a year and a half and the initial configuration was more difficult than the Sony Bravia we have now too. Planning to update our bedroom tv in the near future and will go with another Sony for sure.

  10. Love this TV

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    AndreaO October 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent TV. Great features. Remote easy to use. Color an clarity are amazing.