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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. Love this tv!!

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    GregD July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very clear picture. Love this tv! Best Buy staff was very helpful.

  2. Enjoying our new tv

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    JuliaG July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We are enjoying our new tv very much. It was exactly what we were looking for.

  3. Picky

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    JoeL July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great picture and TV except it does not allow the Spectrum app, that should be noted at the time of sale

  4. 10/10

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    MLGS July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Best quality on every Sony purchase, worth the price

  5. Love it

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    MarcoM July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love it the best picture i ever seen i should have got one a long time ago

  7. Sony The Best

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    nan01 July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Always reliable Sony. Love this tv. I would highly recommend this tv.

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  8. Glockzilla

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    JIMC July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    For price appears SONY quality. Only 12 hours activation…So far..so good

  9. Terrible Return Policy

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    JefferyM July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    We bought $4,000 worth of TV’s and accessories on one day. We had to return one TV to get a smaller one, still in the box! and it was after some 30 window and they wouldn’t give us our money back for the difference only a store credit!

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  10. Sony Bravia 3 worth the money

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    RussellH July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This Sony LCD was purchased for the bedroom. You can’t beat the price and picture quality for a television that will stay on for 50% of the night.

  11. Sony Bravia Google TV

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    ShelbyR July 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Picture quality is great but the sound is lacking.