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

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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. Great picture but that's about it

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    Lulas July 17, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I’ve always owned Sony for the outstanding picture quality. This one is no different with that. A few weeks before I purchased this 50″, I purchased a 32 Bravia” for my bedroom. The sound quality on the 32″ is far superior that this 50″. This 50″ sounds very tinny; aweful. No problem as I was going to connect to my very nice LG soundbar I already had. Nope the Bravia 50″ just would not consistently interface. Sometimes it worked but most of the time it did not. The soundbar worked great on previous Bravia 50″ and on every other TV I have. This is a very finicky TV. Sometime I have to redo the settings because they change all on thier own. One time the screen completely froze and the only way to get it going again was to unplug the TV and wait a while. Overall very disappointed.

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  2. Sony Bravia 3 best budget tv for 2024

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    Joejr July 17, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Got this tv for my mom while visiting after her budget Samsung 4k tv died after 4 months ! After calibration the picture is beautiful for the money spent , It’s no where near the Bravia 7 picture quality but to be expected at a much higher price with lots of bells and whistles. If your on a budget I think the sony Bravia 3 is best option. My mom loves her new Sony and has it on every day watching all her shows enjoying her retirement! Best Buy is my favorite place to shop they stand behind their products and are very knowledgeable when your in store looking for something to buy !

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  3. Perfect replacement for obsolescent Sony Android TV

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    Heather T. Stockard July 15, 2024
    Review source: Amazon

    Arrived fast and in perfect condition. This was a replacement for an older (2015) Sony Android TV that was no longer getting software support for streaming apps.

    The new one was fast to set up, and since the old one had been associated with our Google account most of the login data and favorites, etc. were automatically transferred. The new TV is much faster loading apps and more responsive generally. Nice bright picture.

    We wall mount the TV and the vertical location of the mounting holes on the back of the set were several inches lower requiring an adjustment to our mount. Fortunately we had enough adjustment range in our existing mount.

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  4. Perfect mid range 4k TV

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    WhiteRider08 July 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Perfect mid range 4k tv with excellent specs. Just what we needed for the bedroom. Something with stellar quality

  5. Great TV. Great Price.

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    MikeR July 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. Great Price. Of the many TV’s to select, this was the obvious choice due to its clarity, lighting, and many other features.

  6. Great TV. Great Price.

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    MikeR July 15, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. Great Price. Of the many TV’s to select, this was the obvious choice due to its clarity, lighting, and many other features.

  7. Quality and at a great price

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    PhilipH July 14, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good quality tv from Sony…and at a great price!!

  8. Owner

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    JameslB July 14, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Installers were courteous and on time. Did an excellent job of explaining operating procedures

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  9. Glad to be back with Sony

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    JeffreyH July 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture, strong user interface. With the 4 HDMI inputs I needed. Sony at its best!

  10. Ramiro sony tv

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    RamiroS July 12, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love my tv the few colors are great , easy to stalls