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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. Great TV

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    Anonymous September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The product was easy to set up and a joy to watch, great colors.

  2. TV Sony Bravía

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    MariaS September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Best TV Image and sound So easy to used I like it to much

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  3. Clarity

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    jody September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This TV has an excellent picture! It is priced perfectly for the size.

  4. Sony Bravia

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    RussB September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV, Clear Picture, Reduced Glare
    Also bought a sound bar with it

  5. Sony Bravia 43"

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    naturewatcher September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good product at good on-sale price. I purchased this Sony Bravia to replace an older Sony Bravia purchased 19 years ago. The technology is excellant, and the Geek Squad install was very professional.

  7. Great value

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    TDMaryland September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture for the price. Very light easy to hang on the wall.

  8. a good tv

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    TonyA September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    the tv is much improved over my other led tv with spectacular colors, etc

  9. Sony 50" Bravia

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    GaryR September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent picture quality, vibrate colors without being cartoonish

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  10. Less than 3 mos and no longer works

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    KHall September 13, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I purchased my Bravia on 22 June 2024 after moving. I had a Bravia at my previous home and loved it. It was wall mounted so I sold it with the home. The new model has not lived up. It required rebooting frequently and I’ve had to factory reset it 2x. Now it won’t turn on at all and the red light blinks 6 times, likely a motherboard failure. So after less than 3 months Im without a TV for an unknown period of time. Because the worst part is that getting service is a nightmare. Unless you buy the Geek Squad protection, Best Buy will not help you, you must go thru Sony. Not sure how long I’ll be without a TV, they are going to contact me which strikes fear of waiting and redtape in my heart.

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  11. Love my tv

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    Honey September 11, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Perfect picture and sounds with a decent price. Love the quick connection with the PS5