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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. Great Purchase

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    user389459 August 1, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The overall purchase process was easy. The television was easy to set up and the picture and sound quality are amazing.

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  2. New TV for Apartment

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    KisbelC July 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    In love with our new tv so far its great quality and I’ve received lots of compliments

  3. Sony 55 in.

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    MariM July 31, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great quality, sound a picture I love Sony so much my last tv lasted me a good 15 years until it gave out

  4. Need to return

    Verified purchase
    Babs July 31, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Need to return! Not compatable with other products!

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  5. Recommended

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    LindaD July 30, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bought this tv because my “old” tv software could not be updated. The picture and the sound are exceptional! Had to purchase a ROKU as this tv would not allow download of tennis Channel App. TV is a Google product and I had a bit of a learning curve to understand how it worked.

  7. 55”

    Verified purchase
    Moira Quinn July 29, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    A lot of the 1 stars I’m seeing are through people not having smart phones… It’s a smart tv, you’re going to need to buy a smart phone, if you seriously haven’t yet idk then!

    The tv is beautiful! So many options and clear as day picture quality, especially for gaming. It’s fairly light and was extremely easy to mount on my wall. For the price I cannot complain! It looks better than a lot of the newer TVs they produce.

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  8. Worth the Price

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    ElysiaS July 28, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great tv for the price! Didn’t care for an OLED or super big screen, so this was the best deal for me. It does what I want, works with the rest of my equipment, and has had no issues

  9. Arrived Broken – Horrible Customer Support

    Verified purchase
    Taus July 28, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Arrived with an inoperable backlight so it won’t work. Spoke to Sony tech support and they told me that “Concierge Service” would help – they’ve done nothing. Horrible customer service and support!

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  10. Johnj

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    JohnJ July 26, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love it, nice picture and was easy peasy to get up and running. Because I am not tech savy! I appreciated it.

  11. Great Sony TB

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    CarolinaZ July 26, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Happy customer ,clear imagen , great sound. Best Buy offers good selection