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. very nice tv

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    AbiL September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    picture quality and sound quality on this tv is top notch, the experience so far is satisfying

  2. I love this TV

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    Tanisha September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great Picture that is Clear and Concise. I love how the remote has a quick button for you tube, prime and google TV.

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  3. Nice TV

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    GaneshM September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    TV is working good and features are nice. Best buy geek squad helped in setting up and using the TV

  4. Bedroom movie theater!

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    NONO September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV for master bedroom. Looks great mounted to the wall.

  5. My TV

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    Duran233 September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love my TV great picture and great sound really enjoy watching my TV My TV

  6. Good

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    AntonioH September 6, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv, great quality, good purchase highly recommended

  7. great Tv for the money

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    kenneth J. Hebler September 5, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Beautiful picture, works well with the built in google tv.

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  8. Sony K-43S30 / BRAVIA 3 Outstanding Budget buy

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    DarkFoss September 5, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Sony recently pushed out a new firmware update. I recieved it on 8/14/2025
    This one includes a firmware update for the remote after updating the tv itself. Takes about 2 minutes to complete the remote flash. Have good batteries installed to aviod mishaps.
    Pretty much all of those remote/os issues are resolved.
    The worst experience was trying to navigate the channel menu when using a digital antenna you couldn’t go more than 6 channels before it timed out and reset to the channel you were watching previously. Now fixed.
    Not bad as a second monitor as well.
    Solid 5 star budget TV now

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  9. TV

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    Karen September 5, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV was delivered and set up by the Geek squad. Thank you all so much.

  10. Lead engineer

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    PabloA September 5, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Grate tv image is amazing we have bought 8 of them so far.