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. Good buy

    Verified purchase
    Kongsy T. June 9, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Great TV!

  2. New Sony 65” television

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    DebB June 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love our new tv. Picture is so sharp and clear. Easy to control with the remote. Sony for the win!

  3. I enjoy the product

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    MichaelE June 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I love the TV. Good product. So much better at interfacing with my IOS and hdmi accessories than my last Samsung was.
    I DID do finance option- very easy. Finding what I owe, when, and to who is Not so simple. I will be going into Best Buy for help with that today, and they may end up sending me to some bank- they seemed willing to help me out with that.. admitting that it can be annoying. I may end up just paying it off so I don’t have to worry about it.

    Over all good. Wouldn’t mess with financing if you don’t need to.

  4. Sony Bravia Television

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    MichaelT June 9, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Beautiful, clear picture and sound. Great access to many streaming services. Bluetooth for home theater, too. Very good purchase!

  5. Used to replace an older model

    Verified purchase Incentivized
    MichaelW June 8, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Love it beautiful picture and color for a really good price

  6. Rod A.

    Verified purchase
    Rodolfo Angquico June 8, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Very disappointed with Sony, only lasted 3 years! 👎

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  7. Sale…

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    TyMo9 June 8, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Not happy with this one at all. Constant resets and picture quality issues I assume stemming from compatibility but I am no expert. Can’t keep it connected to a brand new gateway that has zero issues connecting to all other devices/tvs. Google tv could be a part of the problem not sure what’s causing the issues but the product itself was worthy of discounted pricing. Currently in factory reset mode.

  8. Good smart tv good picture

    Verified purchase
    Andrew O. June 7, 2025
    Review source: Amazon

    Good tv works great. Only complaint is that these newer tv’s dont have an AUX out port anymore and connecting my thx speakers is no longer an option.

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  9. TV great picture

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    Tessdz June 7, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    I really enjoy this TV, great picture and sound, the only thing is just after a year the screen went out. Thank goodness for Best Buy tech pack, which they replaced the TV.

  10. Exceptional TV

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    ChrisZ June 6, 2025
    Review source: Bestbuy

    Tv is phenomenal, and it’s my first time trying a Sony tv but the only issue I have is that the viewing angles are somewhat bad, but they’re doable if you just ignore it.