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. A bit disappointed

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    PSJ101 July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Having a digital only guide is useless. A remote with numbers for station setting would be better.

  2. New TV

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    SamK July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    So far, so good. Purchased for a retro game room update.

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  3. sony tv 65 inch

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    Smokey2020 July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Tv is nice . But a lot of issues with tv like a new channel guide that is hard to understand. Keep losing the volume and keeps putting subtitles on some chanels at random .

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  4. Great!

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    SMITH July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv! Crystal clear and easy to mount. Definitely recommend.

  5. Sony 65 inch

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    MichaelZ July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv for the price.would definitely recommend to anyone looking for a really good tv on a budget.

  6. Love it!

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    ElmerC July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture, easy to set up for us. We’re seniors buying our first smart TV.

  7. SONY BRAVIA3 – A GREAT TV

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    RalphK July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    An excellent TV, it’s a SONY! Delivery by BestBuy was excellent and on time. This TV replaces an LG that had a great picture but was difficult to navigate using cable tv. This is much easier. But still a SMART TV.

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  8. Best Buy – best deal !

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    PaulC July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sales staff was friendly, patient with me as I’m not tech savvy and very very helpful in helping me decide on a purchase !

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  9. Great TV

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    SouthFloridaGirl July 19, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tekevision, great picture! Was a Samsung believer. Glad we switched to Sony!

  10. Sony Baloney

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    Sky Tyler July 18, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    I was initially excited to receive my Sony Bravia 3 43 inch TV but excitement turned into major disappointment. The picture out of the box needed to be corrected and I could never get a decent picture. Color was askew when changing channels. There are no user presets which is frustrating because when the power goes out here in bad weather, the TV resets itself to factory settings. Yeah, having to go through the trouble of fixing the picture again is not worth the money unpaid for this TV.
    Oh, and HDR? So dark that I have to fiddle with the picture settings again and then again when going back to HD! Uh uh, sorry Sony, but this has to be the worst TV for the money. Looks like I’ll have to return this item and pray I have better luck with a lesser known brand.

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