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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. 43 inch Sony Bravia Smart TV

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    Chilly2000 August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture, great speakers, easy assembly, great discounted price, very satisfied customer.

  2. Sony – 50" Class BRAVIA 3 LED 4K UHD Smart Google

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    RussellB August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony – 50″ Class BRAVIA 3 LED 4K UHD Smart Google TV (2024)

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  3. Best quality

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    Denis August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Always felt sony had rich colours and better quality felt sad anout the prize but overtime dont regret it

  4. Satisfied customer

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    Smoky August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent TV!! good picture, sound and clarity. Great buy!

  5. Best Buy ever!

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    Extender August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love the new Sony Bravia 3! It’s sound quality and picture quality are awesome and the ease of use!

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  7. Tv and speaker connection

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    Lola August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Tv great. Was unable to maintain JBL speaker connection and returned speakers. No support from Sony as not their product.

  8. Sony TV

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    JimA August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I like it!. other than that I don’t have much to say.

  9. Review

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    Crissy August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love it! I was looking for a tv that would last and the process of purchasing and geek squad mounting it was extremely smooth and easy. It was not stressful at all!

  10. Glitchy and Loses Wi-Fi

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    Kevin August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Have had the TV for maybe two weeks it’s glitchy and clunky. Today the Wi-Fi stopped working. Looked up the issue and on Reddit there are way too many people having the same issue with Sony Bravia TVs past and present. I will be returning this TV soon. I don’t have time for this crap.

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  11. 85”Sony

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    Bennie August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Has everything I need and more easy set up and great price