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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. Sony TV

    Verified purchase
    Amazon Customer September 11, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    My previous Sony television lasted over 15 years. Great item. So, with this satisfaction, I bought a new 50” set. It came well packaged and wash very easy to set up. Only complaint is with the color…. just not as sharp or deep as the previous model but it works just fine.

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  2. Good TV for movie

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    HelloWorld September 10, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This TV is amazing for watching movies. I was watching game of thrones, and this is a lot better than I expected.

  3. High Quality at a reasonable price

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    StephenD September 10, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is a rock solid high quality TV for a reasonable price. After buying multiple cheaper TCL TV’s that both died after less than a year of use I decided to spend a teeny amount more for a high quality highly reliant Sony.

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  4. Great Size. Easy Set Up. Can't Loose.

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    Modern September 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very easy to set up. Great picture quality as we’ve come to expect from Sony. Won’t consider any other brand at this point in our lives.

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  5. Very good

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    willbuyagain September 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The process was efficient and simple. Staff was friendly and helpful. The TV was easy to set up. All and all is a good

  7. Sony TV

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    Littlesparkle September 8, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Beautiful picture and stunning clarity. I am enjoying it

  8. Sony

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    Treadmill September 8, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Wonderful television great picture quality. Easy to set up.

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  9. Crystal picture

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    Logitech September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    clear crystal picture, easy set up, a lot of apps option.
    sound quality is excellent.

  10. Very bad

    Verified purchase
    Nisa September 7, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    The TV I received was broken, so speechless 😓

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  11. EXCELLENT TV EXCEPT

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    NYC shopping girl September 7, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    The installation was so easy, the picture is perfect in comparison to the defective 32″ Samsung Qled that I just returned. The only thing that ruined my perfect 5 star rating is Google. I hate Google. I’m okay with a standard smart TV.

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