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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. super bravia

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    JoseT August 16, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    beatyfull tv everything looks good the tv come nice color sound and super smart i liked i make the best shop
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  2. Good TV

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    sydney August 16, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Just bought the Sony 43 inch, so not a whole lot of user time. So far so good. Pretty easy to set up and picture is good.

  3. Mr.

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    Best August 16, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Not particularly helpful or knowledgeable with regard to alternatives.

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  4. mrs

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    KathleenT August 16, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It replaced an old tv of 9 years and this is just perfect

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  5. Sony TV

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    DavidR August 16, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great product so far everyone is enjoying it and great picture

  7. Sony TV

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    RandK August 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It is a good TV so far. It has everything I need in a TV.

  8. Great picture great sound

    Verified purchase
    AT August 15, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    For a TV bought off the internet I was worried I was going to regret the investment. It has exceeded my expectations. Easy to set up, the picture quality is great and I was shocked by how loud and clear the built in speakers are. The only complaints I’ve had are twice it’s not wanted to respond to the remote but unplugging and re plugging the power cable fixed the issue

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  9. Overprice, unreliable.

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    JamesS August 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I don’t usually write reviews but I am so disappointed in this TV I feel I must. I bought this to replace a much cheaper Roku TV of the same size that was having an occasional software issue. We’ve had a Sony LCD TV for 10+ years that just won’t quite so I thought I’d go with another Sony. I’m not a fan of the Google TV OS but as there was not option for a Roku TV of this size I figured I could adapt. My complaint is not with OS specifically, although it has it’s own issues, but with the Sony hardware. This TV does not properly sense a new active HDMI connection. It will indicate a new connection along the bottom bar but will then switch to a blank screen. I then had to use the remote to select the appropriate HDMI connection in order the a picture to be displayed on the screen. Other, cheaper TV’s, I have will correctly identify the device and switch to the new active connection with no problem, require no input from me. I have also been having problems with the TV not powering on. This happened once a couple weeks ago, but I didn’t think much of it at the time. Occasionally a power failure will cause weird issues with electronic devices. However, yesterday, the TV would not power on when I got home. I had to unplug the TV, plug it back in and let it reset before it would power on. I used the TV for a while then turned it off to go do something else. When I came back the TV would not power on again. Unplugged it, plugged it back in, and it would power on. I’ve have this TV for exactly two months and am now 30 days past the return window. I could’ve bought three TV’s of the same size of several other brands for the price of this one. Now I get to try my patience with Sony’s warranty.

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  10. EHH

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    Ellis August 14, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good picture and sound. Miss number pad on controller. Can’t connect TV ears without adapter.

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  11. BEST BUY TRULY HAS THE BEST BUY!!!!

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    CORLIVINGGLASSTVSTAND August 14, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I BOUGHT A SONY 53″ TV FROM BEST BUY IN 2002. THE INCREDIBLE SONY LASTED 22 YRS. STILL RUNS WELL BUT BLURRY PICTURE SO I JUST BOUGHT MY 43″ SONY BRAVIA NEW TV AT BEST BUY THIS MONTH, AUG. 2024. THE CLARITY, AND ENTIRE PICTURE, AND FUNCTIONALITY IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!! IF ANYONE IS CONSIDERING THIS TV, TRUST ME……YOU WILL BE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH IT!!! THE STORE NAME, BEST BUY, IS SO PERFECT BECAUSE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT GIVES YOU….THE BEST BUY IN EVERY ASPECT! MARILYN

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