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. Installation

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    Lama August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The technicians that came out to set it up were great. They had a long day, bad weather etc. but gave excellent service despite being tired.

  2. Bravia

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    Garjan August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The picture quality is excellent and sound quality is very good. Setup was easy and straight forward. The Google TV operating system is much better than the operating system on my Samsung TV.

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  3. TV is Great Remote is NOT

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    H. Jones August 9, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    The TV itself is very good for the money. This is the worse remote I’ve ever had to use. It does not work. We’ve replaced batteries “just in case” and that is not the problem.

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  4. Tv

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    SpiderMan August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great Tv. Great visuals. Love that it has plenty of options on smart tv

  5. Sony Bravia love them

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    RoyK August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    My second and third Sony Bravia and I believe they are one of the best!

  6. Great buy for the money

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    ThomasH August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Upgraded from a 65” love it seems like typical Sony quality.

  7. Great picture!

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    Fred August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great pic! Great installation team! Professional and courteous!

  8. Great choice — Sony all the way!

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    MonIs August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good brand and great display. Trusted brand. Have been a Sony consumer.

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  9. Easy to set up and nice picture quality

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    Frustrated August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I needed a new TV with audio return channel and this TV does the job with the added benefit of a nice quality picture.

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  10. Sony 43" Bravia TV

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    DavidA August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great Service! Great Television! Best Buy took great care to give us personal service with the TV installation. Thank You!