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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. Big & Beautiful!

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    P. Corr August 12, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    This is a big and beautiful television! I got it especially to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics and it did not disappoint. The depth of colors is amazing with a very crisp picture. Easy set up for my Prime channels and Bluetooth headphones so I can watch and not disturb anyone else. Love this tv. If I needed another one I’d buy this exact one! Excellent value.

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  2. Very nice TV for a good price

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    Michele August 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I really like this TV. I thought it was easy to setup and add all of my devices. I have the Dish Hopper 4, Apple 4K TV, and blu ray player hooked up to it. The TV switches between the inputs easily. I replaced a Sony TV that was 11 years old for this one. I think the speakers were better on the older one but I could always add a soundbar. The picture is very nice and I have no complaints.

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  3. Sony Fan

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    JohnM August 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great color right out of the box. Good viewing angle

  4. Replaced a bad Visio

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    LarryS August 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture, perfect size for small rooms. Great price.

  5. Sony TV

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    DanW August 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony TVs are excellent. This product is a great addition to our mancave.

  7. Good value

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    StaceyW August 11, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love the picture on this TV! Price was nice. Size was perfect for the room.

  8. Great Image

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    Robert August 11, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    New TV with a great picture, color and overall presentation. Sony is great with it comes to visual and color. The only thing was getting used to numberless tv remote. Yes, everything is access via stream, but to have ease with switching channel- we can pick our favorites and switch with only our favs and not see all the other channels.

  9. Sony Bravia.

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    NONO August 11, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Can’t go wrong with Sony purchase. Great picture quality!

  10. Happy

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    Blessed August 11, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv. Very happy with Sony.This is my 2nd Sony.

  11. Beautiful TV

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    CathrynO August 10, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Everything about this television set is excellent, except the instruction manual. It is very hard to understand.

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