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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 Bravia

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    SusanW August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is my second purchase of 43in Sony Bravia TV , great picture , color saturation excellent , When watching movies , I feel like the actors are in the room . So clear . Do not hesitate to buy this great TV . A little more expensive but you get what you pay for !

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  2. Review

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    RobertD August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very impressed with this tv. Set up was easy and the picture is excellent.

  3. Great TV for a great price

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    ScottF August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bought this TV to replace our precious TV that died. This TV is great and for a great price too.

  4. To a great purchase!!! From BEST BUY!!

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    GloriaaR August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The lady I had when purchasing the TV was excellent!!!!!!gave all the details with so much kindness She educated Me about my purchase!!

  5. Must have

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    WilliamG August 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Tv is an amazing quality. Have never had issues with Sony

  7. Great value

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    SatisfiedCustomer August 22, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love the light weight and clarify of this Sony TV. The sound is amazing!

  8. Nice picture. But!!

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    DexterW August 22, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bleeding at the top of screen. Remote stop working.

  9. Smart indeed

    Verified purchase
    Mouse August 22, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Beautiful picture easy to set up and the sound bar makes it a complete experience. I do not however appreciate Google and Sony using my information for anything. It clearly states if you don’t you can’t use. I was tempted to take it back for that reason. I did my best to keep them from my personal information.

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  10. Great Buy

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    Mollie August 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This product is unbelievable, we absolutely love it. The picture is so clear and the tv is very fast, we love watching movies and all tv shows. It navigates well too.

  11. Setting up Youtube TV

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    RandyB August 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I am having problems setting up youtube tv on this tv. I have 3 other Sony Bravia Google TV’s but for some reason I can’t get this one setup. My remote control stopped working and I could not turn the tv off. I finally had to unplug the tv from the outlet. As of this review it is still unplugged.