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. Total disappointment

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    bestbuyersremorse June 24, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Absolutely the most horrible investment I have ever made. I would never ever ever buy other Sony product after buying this TV. It constantly loses connection, and is an absolute resource hog, and it runs extremely slowly and can’t maintain connection to a router. Additionally, I have a very fast fiber connection with frontier and it does not work at all half the time. Total disappointment in this TV.

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  2. Awesome Picture.

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    KathrynY June 24, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Gorgeous new television. A 55” Sony Bravia smart television with a gorgeous picture. Easy to use and set up. Requires two people to take out of box. Once plugged in and connected to WiFi, very easy to start viewing to your hearts content! Combined with a sound bar and bam, home entertainment set up.

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  3. Great buy! Worth it!

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    ShaunaK June 24, 2024
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    Overall, great TV! Was very surprised at the clarity and the overall “Cinematic “ experience was exceptional! The sound quality was great, I just wish there was a way to make it more even and less cinematic at times; but, I’m okay with it regardless. i hooked my sound bar up. Great buy.

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  4. Not worth buying.

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    RobertT June 24, 2024
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    Picture quality is OK but I have had so many problems with the TV loosing connection with the remote. Every two weeks or so have to unplug the TV and pray that the TV and remote reconnect. It is so frustrating having to do this almost every time and usually when I want to watch a show via streaming. I would not recommed buying this brand of TV.

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  5. happy with purchase great price

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    SusanB June 23, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    amazingly easy set up. picture is great, packaged very well

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  6. Sony Bravia

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    Edith June 23, 2024
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    I really like the Sony brand and have been happy with the performance of the TV

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  7. Excellent TV

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    Hobbyist June 22, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The TV was easy set up and navigate. The processer is quick and the only lag is from the wifi. The picture quality is good and the speakers are good but not great.

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  8. retiree

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    DavidB June 22, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    everything i expected from Sony.The sound is better than our last Sony TV.

  9. pleased with my new tv

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    ElaineM June 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The picture quality and sound are excellent for a moderately priced tv. The colors and brightness make it delightful to watch.

  10. Excellent Picture!!!

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    John June 21, 2024
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV for the price and it really does have a display that feels like a muuuch more expensive television!!! I am extremely pleased with this TV.