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. Nice bedroom TV.

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    PedroS November 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This is a solid choice for a bedroom TV. T does put have the wide viewing angle of an OLED TV, which you need for a living room so that people can watch from the side if they’re not sitting strait at it. However, this is more than sufficient for a TV that will be facing the bed.

  2. Best picture

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    Smilehappy October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love my new Sony Bravia 3, the picture quality is great with little soap opera affect. Easy to work with, sound is good with soundbar.

  3. Great!

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    JonC October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great! Awesome picture and sound. Would recommend to anyone.

  4. Great!

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    Tom Conally October 31, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    A really great TV

  5. Picture problems

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    Anonymous October 31, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Most TVs today are pre-set so you can plug it in and go. Not this Sony. Installed the tv and several channels appeared washed out or faded. Had to go into settings and adjust the brightness and color to get the picture right. Several adjustments warned about power consumption might increase if I changed. I didn’t pay for power consumption figures I played for a tv with a good picture, I think Google may have had input in this condition. Sorry, just not impressed with this tv. Thought Sony was one of the best. I guess not like it used to be.

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  6. Great price for a good TV

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    BrandonS October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great Picture, Big TV that fills the space in a big room

  7. Sony TV

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    VirginiaB October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent picture. Great service in the buying process and delivery.

  8. Great!

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    JonC October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great! Excellent picture and sound. Would recommend.

  9. Great set for the money

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    user773085 October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very nice set. Could not tell it was open box. No marks or scratches. Good deal.

  10. Sony TV

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    MonicaS October 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great screen. Vibrant colors. Amazing definition. Love the sounds. I had it for a few months now and it works perfectly.