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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. The Big Picture

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    Tdfishin September 22, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture! And very good sound. Hung on wall with black backdrop. Looks like a big screen
    Projection.

  2. Review Sony 3

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    Irin September 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good, ease of access . Less bright for better picture

  3. Beautiful colors and contrasts

    Ana September 21, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    I received this TV today and I am very pleased. It has very good sound and picture quality. I hope it will continue to work well. Sony quality always stands out from others.

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  4. Great tv choice

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    Alp72947372728972662849 September 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv, fantastic quality picture for the price.

  5. Excellent tv

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    Cruz September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love our new tv and mini LED. The person who helped us at the store really added to the research we had done online. We went with mini LED as it seemed the best for us.
    The set up was super easy and it definitely takes two people to be most safe.
    One thing not clear while ordering is that one cannot transport tv’s this large lying flat in a vehicle. So you either need to take a vehicle to the store that is large enough to hold it vertically or you can have it delivered, which is what we did.

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  7. Tv

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    JulieeM September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love it, color is great! Sony 65 inch Bravia Smart TV

  8. Solid TV

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    DarylM September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have a Sony XR 90, 65″ from 2 years ago as well. This is a step down as it relates to clarity and less adjustment but a solid TV. It will probably last years longer than cheaper brands and models which is the draw to Sony for me.

  9. So far so good.

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    gkn07 September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    So far so good. Purchased this after my 75” Samsung died after a little over 2 years. I’ve only used Samsung TVs, but after my last one dying so quickly made me want to try something different.

  10. Tv

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    bigboyz3 September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The sales associate was very nice and explained the products perfectly! He was a pleasure to work with. I’m very happy with my new tv! Thank you!

  11. A solid 4K 42 inch sony TV for reasonable price

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    CovidKing September 20, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I have always bought Sony TVs and i feel they are worth the extra money. this is the first TV larger than 32 in i have bought. its 42 inches. it is a 4K , Bravia 3 TV. unfortunately the cable is only 1080. as a result the picture is not as perfectly clear as it was on my 32 in SONY TV. Streaming is 4K and is not better on the 42 in than it was on 32 in TV. oddly the closer to the 42 in TV you are, the clearer it is. the film on the surface of the new TV gives a very slightly soft quality to the picture. Set up was a pain. Its a google (android) TV for streaming. i am on apple smart phone. My previous streaming service was amazon firestick. i decided to stay with fire stick for streaming which is no problem. there are multiple HDMI ports on the TV. Getting cable to work on the new TV was a challenge but that was due to the awful Spectrum service, not the sony TV, Overall i am happy with the TV. it is not the top of the line sony which costs at least $2000. this TV was only $500 which i thought was a decent price. there are cheaper 42 in TVs on the market, but not a sony.

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