EISA Awards 2021/2022
Sound+Image and Australian Hi-Fi are EISA’s representatives for Home Theatre and Hi-Fi respectively here in Australia, part of the Expert Imaging & Sound Association which each year pools the editorial review experience of 60 special interest magazines and websites across 29 countries to agree on a final list of global EISA Award Winners.
With little travel possible in 2021, EISA’s annual convention became a series on online webinars, followed by judging sessions held via Zoom in what was, we must say, an extraordinarily efficient process. EISA members and winners would then normally gather together in Berlin during IFA in September for celebratory sherbets and a posh gala presentation ceremony. This year, alas: no IFA, no gala, no sherbets...
This being a global group of winners, occasionally our outlying region gets a significantly different model, or the brand is not available here at all. The rest, however, represent the world’s best.
Details of the two Home Theatre expert groups follow; there are full lists of all EISA Award categories at the end.
With the 65-inch G1, LG combines its Gallery Series design – which allows this super-thin TV to mount flush-fit to your wall – with a new brighter-than-ever Evo OLED panel. This joins with OLED technology’s traditional black level strengths to deliver a 4K HDR image with dramatic contrast and vibrant nuanced colours. Also key to its performance prowess is the latest generation of LG’s Alpha9 processor, which further refines AI Picture Pro image optimisation, noise reduction and motion handling. Emphasising the TV’s premium feel, meanwhile, is support for Dolby Vision IQ and Dolby Atmos audio, futureproofed HDMI connectivity (with 4K/120fps playback), and wide-ranging smart features. The OLED65G1 is a thrilling statement set.
A superb-value 4K HDR TV, Philips’ 55OLED806 introduces technology previously reserved for the company’s high-end models, including four-sided Ambilight smart illumination and anti burn-in technology. These new talents partner HDR10+
