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. Perfect TV

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    bayareafan September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The 75″ Sony Bravia was the perfect TV for my living room. I needed a large screen, a sharp picture and a good sound for the right price. The Sony Bravia checked all the boxes for under $1000.

  2. Great Picture

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    MichaelC September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Fantastic Picture. I have multiple Sony TV’s and this replaced a 50″ Sony that developed power up and shutdown issues. I believe this was due to a bad Sony software update so beware of that possibility. Otherwise, great tv brand.

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  3. John and Marorie

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    JohnH September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The Sales Person was very friemdly and heplful and was able to answer all of our questions.

  4. Great TV

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    JACS September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is an excellent tv. It definitely meets the Sony standard for quality.

  5. Excellent choice for our home.

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    Anonymous September 7, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    In store purchase was easy. Best Buy employee helped with our questions only remember first name (Josh ).

  6. Thumbs up

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    RamonB September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very good tv. Perfect fit for the room that I bought it for.

  7. Husband’s New TV

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    Countsmokeymcque September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture, replaced a 23 year old TV.
    Had to convince my husband it was time for a new one.Replaced a 23 in. and it fit in the TV cabinet. What a picture!! He loves it.

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  8. Warren the audio guy.

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    WarrenF September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is my second Sony this year and I bumped the size to 65″ for my basement man cave. It was a repack with major savings. Had to pickup but worth it. Unfortunately it tipped off the cabinet when I was hooking it up and screen broke which made me have to buy another one. Wish I had purchased the breakage warranty for 10 bucks.

  9. Bravia 4K review

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    ChrisDH September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Controls lack a number pad to select your TV station. It does have voice commands that work good.
    TV is hard to turn off. Not sure what it wants. Some times I have to use voice commands to get results.
    Manual is very poor.

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  10. Sony 43" TV

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    SherylP September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV is great and the Delivery guy was very nice and helpful in explaining a few things on the TV.