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 picture, nice price

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    CraigH June 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Bought after looking at several brands in same size. Price and picture were why we went with this unit. Picture is nice but we do use a sound bar.

  2. Happy customer.

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    Jelissa June 13, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Very happy with purchase the quantity and picture is amazing. The sound is extremely loud for a small TV packs of big punch. Feels like air in the movie theaters. Definitely would re-purchase.

  3. Was

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    Valdemar June 12, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    This is our first time purchasing a TV like this and it’s been fantastic!!! We have had zero issues connecting everything from old gaming systems, to VCR and 3mm camcorder and WiFi. Wonderful picture quality and easy to learn and adjust to remote. We are loving our purchase!
    We will be purchasing another bit larger version soon. Thank you for a TV. We are grateful

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  4. Great picture quality

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    John A Kelley June 12, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Great picture easy set up, perfect size for a bedroom TV

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  5. DO NOT PURCHASE THESE TVS

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    Pb20 June 12, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    First one began having issues turning on, second one did as well, this third and last one now has a line across the screen about six inches from the top and everything below it is fuzzy. These tvs are crap

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  6. Sony

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    GeorgeG June 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Excellent quality
    Good picture
    Ease of use
    Surprisingly vivid

  7. Great tv

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    Joeyboricua June 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    had this sony for almost s year a wonderful tv but settings seem to go back to default settings “picture and sound” hope theres a fix for that other than that great tv

  8. Terrible TV – do not buy

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    BethB June 11, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    This tv is garbage. There’s something really wrong with it — the picture intermittently decides to display upside down. Calling the Geek Squad and returning this junk for a better model.

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  9. 50/50 chance it will actually work as described

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    Robert Novak June 10, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    There is an intermittent issue with the color getting blown out, and the only way to fix it is to go through a lengthy, undocumented process with a Sony rep to get it back to normal. Sony refuses to repair the unit or admit this is even a defect. We purchased 2 identical monitors at the same time and this only happens to one of them. I’ve spent hours with Sony trying to correct this or get it repaired with no luck.

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  10. Mich616

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    GR616 June 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    The best picture and sound this is my first time getting Sony brand TV I’m happy