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. Mr. Russ B

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    RussB August 14, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Delivery was smooth – took more than 2 weeks to get – i think u could shorten that time a bit

  2. Nothing but problems

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    Hugh Kremer August 13, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    If you like rebooting your TV all the time, this is the one for you. It often doesn’t turn on. So even though you’ve nicely mounted it, you’re going to need to get behind it once a week or more to unplug, wait, then plug it back in. It does not play well with soundbars. It glitches all the time, and sometimes doesn’t connect. This is all well documented, don’t rely on amazon reviews. If you just want to sit back and click ON and relax, this one probably isn’t for you.

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  3. Nice TV for the budget – it’s a Sony

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    EddieC August 12, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Sony TV are great in quality. Nice color and sound. It’s a good budget TV.

  4. Bravia Beauty

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    SeanY August 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Perfect picture even though older screen its all in the processor.

  5. bummer sort of

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    sue August 11, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    beautiful picture but lacks the ability to hook up wireless headphones

  6. TV

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    Cathy E. August 11, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Very crisp and clear.

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  7. Poor customer service from Best Buy. Excellent TV

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    Dches August 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent TV. Poor Best Buy customer service. The tv is everything you’d expect from Sony. Best Buy would not honor the price match one day out. $50 is a relatively substantial amount. Not the same Best Buy as they were. btw 15 days seems to be an inefficient amount of time for a price match

  8. Good quality and value.

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    VetteNut August 10, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Generally a very good tv for the money.
    Lots of app availability.

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  9. My new Sony!

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    SantarioR August 10, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I’m very happy and satisfied with my new TV. The picture is bright, colorful and the overall depth is more than expected. I love the 75inch size but when think about. I should’ve went even bigger. Lol. My very first Sony and highly impressed.

  10. Wireless pickup is rock solid

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    Steven N. August 9, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Love the feataures on the set, along with the outstanding pitcure quality. Tv is setup to work wireless and signal is great as my router is 150 feet away. Rock solid connection!

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