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. New Sony

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    KenS September 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Only issue TV arrived at store 1 day later than promised. Made extra trip to store .

  2. Bravia is great!

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    RobertM September 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture! Works great. Sony has always had great quality and this was no exception

  3. stevew

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    SteveW September 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have been a loyal satisfied customer of SONY products for years

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  4. Sony Bravia 3

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    adewumiiyanda September 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The best television I’ve ever had.Much better than advertising job well done.The picture quality is amazing .this enhancement feature is technology at its best .Sony really took the picture on tv to the next level

  5. Review

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    Patrick September 27, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s a little slow on getting applications loaded at the power up.

  6. Great value for money

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    PGGG September 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great value for money, I use it in a large living room and visibility is great

  7. Sony Bravia, not the best

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    JuanpabloV September 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Picture quality is not the best and you need a for a Sony product, I use to have a Bravia a couple years back with better picture and excellent sound.

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  8. Superb customer service

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    MarthaB September 25, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The Best Buy Associate was very patient and took the time to explain the various options available in purchasing a Smart TV, I came in with one model that I felt was appropriate for my needs, but the Associate took the time to compare and measure the various TVs and I came away with the best deal, thank you

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  9. Sony television

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    john h. September 23, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    The picture is clear, the sound is good also. It was easy to move around because it is lighter than my other tv.

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  10. google sux

    tunnel rat September 22, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Google dominates everything and throws anything else you have installed off your TV can’t get directv because it gets kicked out can’t get fire stick it gets kicked out I’m forever reinstalling what I want I don’t want google. plus…. apps must be purchaced at additional cost,!

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