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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. Customer

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    VernonJ August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV has a quality picture and sound. The brightness holds your attention.

  2. Sony 43” tv

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    KimberlyS August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The product and the service was spectacular. My son is going to love it for his bedroom and for his gaming.

  3. New 75” Sony

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    RGSowell August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Had an excellent shopping experience for this purchase. The sales associates were very helpful. Easy startup and the picture looks great. New Sony soundbar was a great addition.

  4. New Sony

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    JustinC August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great looking Tv, got this for a wall mount display. Looks great!

  5. Tv

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    Danielle August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love the picture. Amazing quality and color. Best tv ive bought.

  7. Well worth the money!

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    AnneE August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV, Picture is wonderful for watching action like sports.

  8. Best salesperson ever at Best Buy.

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    ArthurSarita August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Our salesperson was the best!!! Very knowledgeable, courteous & extremely pleasant. We give him 10 stars. He made our shopping a pleasant experience.

  9. Nice Television

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    DanteW August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Not bad so far. Pretty snappy operating system. The color is pretty good for the price.

  10. Excellent TV for the Price and Quality

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    BetsyH33 August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony Bravia always provides high quality picture and tvs that last for many years. I won’t buy anything else.

  11. Unhappy with Sony 85 inch

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    ScottS August 9, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Picture is not as sharp as I expected. Difficult to connect to wifi

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