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. Works!

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    JenL June 19, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This had a clear picture and sound, just the right size

  2. The clarity of the pic

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    Karen Morgan June 19, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    It’s perfect clean picture…loving it

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  3. Sweet

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    mark June 19, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Sweet.

  4. Tv dream come true

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    ConnieF June 19, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It took a while to convince my husband that we needed this tv .. but wow
    Excellent picture !
    Watching basketball playoffs has been a dream
    Excellent in store service

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  5. quality sound and picture

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    Rita Kroll June 17, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    great sound great picture Needed someone younger to help us set it up Still learning all controls

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  6. Good Purchase

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    AshleyM June 15, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Good Picture. Easy set up. Highly recommend especially for the price.

  7. SONY

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    MaryannG June 14, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    VERY CLEAR, CRISP PICTURE…AUDIO AND BRIGHTNESS IS GREAT…GLAD I SWITCH TO A SONY…

  8. Quality for good price

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    TamarJ June 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    It’s a great tv and my family is very pleased with it. I love how light it is and the picture is clear and bright but not overwhelming, as if to portray “realism”.

  9. Spare room TV

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    Michael June 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I Like it for Movies, My sone loves it with his PlayStation.

  10. Great TV

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    SyedZ June 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Great TV. Good customer service at Best Buy Skokie location. Will recommend to my friends and family.