It is almost IFA time and EISA has announced its awards for 2020-2021. Philips and LG have both been awarded two TV awards.
EISA Awards 2020-2021
As per tradition EISA has removed some categories and introduced new ones. 'Best Smart Home TV' is gone, replaced by a new 'Large Screen TV' category.
Brands must participate - and pay - to be taken into consideration, we hear from industry members. Still, naming LG's 75NANO99, which is a contrast-poor IPS LCD TV, the best 8K TV ahead of Samsung's 8K TVs may be viewed as a controversial choice.
Also read: List: Best TVs (according to FlatpanelsHD)
Philips and LG have both been awarded two TV awards, with Philips taking home 'Best Home Theatre TV' with 65OLED935, which is a yet-to-be-announced model with B&W speakers. 65OLED935 will most likely be formally unveiled at IFA 2020 early next month.
The 'Best Home Theatre Media Player' award goes to the Zappiti Pro 4K HDR box, which is... questionable considering competing solutions like Apple TV 4K and Nvidia Shield. Apple is not a member of EISA - we are not sure if Nvidia is.
EISA's full list of audio/video awards is included below. The IFA 2020 show has been cancelled in its usual form but there are still lots of new products to look forward to in late August / early September.
EISA Awards 2020-21 – Home Theatre Display & Video
| Best 8K TV: | LG 75NANO99 |
| Best Buy OLED TV: | Philips 55OLED805 |
| Best Large Screen TV | Samsung QE75Q950TS |
| Best Buy TV | TCL 65C815 |
| Best Home Theatre TV: | Philips 65OLED935 |
| Best Premium OLED TV: | LG OLED65GX |
| Best Projector | Optoma CinemaX UHZ65UST |
| Best Home Theatre Media Player | Zappiti Pro 4K HDR |
EISA Awards 2020-21 – Home Theatre Audio
| Best Buy Home Theatre Speaker System: | Arendal Sound 1961 Series |
| Best Soundbar: | LG SN8YG |
| Best Premium Soundbar: | Bang & Olufsen Beosound Stage |
| Best Buy Soundbar: | TCL TS9030 Ray-Danz |
| Best Smart Soundbar: | Harman Kardon Citation MultiBeam 700 |
| Best Buy Home Theatre Speaker System: | Triangle Borea Series |
| Home Theatre Receiver: | Denon AVC-X4700H |
| Home Theatre High-end: | Trinnov Altitude Platform |
| Home Theatre Amplifier | Emotiva XPA Gen3 |
| Home Theatre Headphone | JVC Ecofield XP-EXT1 |
| Home Theatre Subwoofer | SVS SB-2000 Pro |
EISA Awards 2020-21 – Hi-Fi
| Best Value Floorstanding Loudspeaker | Focal Chora 826 |
| Best Loudspeaker | SVS Prime Pinnacle |
| Best Value Bookshelf Loudspeaker | Monitor Audio Bronze 100 |
| Best Wireless Loudspeaker | System Audio Legend 5 Silverback |
| Best Smart Amplifier | NAD Masters M33 |
| Best Amplifier | Arcam SA30 |
| Best High-end Integrated Amplifier | Musical Fidelity M8xi |
| Best High-end Pre/Power Amplifier | Michi P5/S5 |
| Best Turntable | Thorens TD1601 |
| Best Value DAC | iFi Audio ZEN DAC |
| Digital Source | Volumio Primo |
| Audio Accessory | Pro-Ject VC-E |
| Best Phono Preamp | Primare R15 |
| Best Headphones | Dali IO-6 |
| Best Portable DAC/Headphone Amplifier | AudioQuest DragonFly Cobalt |
