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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. TV On Sale

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    WG11418 September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent service and product. I caught a good sale, ordered it online, and received it quickly.

  2. Nice Image, not in love with the OS

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    TimothyG September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I was hesitant to buy this because of my childhood and adult life, I’ve purchased Samsung TVs, but this has a great imagine. Not in love with the Google interface and OS.

  3. Completely died 6 weeks after purchasing

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    JenniferV September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We have Sony TVs throughout our house and purchased this one for our son’s room because we thought the quality would be a step above the less expensive, off-name brands. The TV just simply stopped turning on 6 weeks after purchasing. We attempted to get help from Best Buy (because it’s a BRAND NEW TV THAT COMPLETELY STOPPED WORKING FIR NO APPARENT REASON 6 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASING) and Best Buy told us that they couldn’t help because we were outside the 15 day return window (???). They did offer to send out a repair technician at a cost to us (um, no thank you …). I contacted Sony directly and they are replacing the TV for us at no cost. In fact, the replacement TV shipped today. This has been an egregiously terrible customer service experience with Best Buy. They absolutely should have taken care of this. I suspect that our lemon of a TV is an anomaly and that the replacement TV will be fine. We have not had any problems with the 6 other Sony TVs throughout our house (all purchased more than 5 years ago).

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  4. Love it

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    MirandaJ September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love this tv your Best Buy rep who help me did great

  5. Garage TV

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    BillS September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good value for a secondary room. The picture and clarity are both very good.

  7. I love Sony TVs

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    Bestbuyshopper September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I gave this a 3 because I love Sony tvs. This was a purchase for someone else and they returned it because Sony doesn’t support Spectrum streaming which the service they use. I would recommend only if you don’t subscribe to Spectrum streaming services.

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  8. Good value

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    BrendaF September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    My first time trying a Sony. So far it seems to have a quality picture. I changed the picture mode and the picture image was sharper.

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  9. WilliamF

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    WilliamF September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    delivery and installation were on time, efficient and well done!

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  10. Sony tv

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    JohnC September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent service! Geek squad was very helpful, considerate and knowledgeable. Both in store and geek squad were great to work with.

  11. Very satisfied

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    RonnieS September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Wow! This is the first Sony television I bought, and I have not been disappointed. The picture is great. The colors are fabulous and his features are the best I have seen. More over the controls to the television aren’t filled with buttons and so easy to use a maneuver. This is the best television I have ever owned. Thank you, Best Buy for your help and guidance. You guys are the best. Thank you.