Sharp focus - apperture grille vs shadow mask

[Andykara2003]

Hi,

I've collected quite a few shadow mask 15Khz consumer TV's (Panasonic, Toshiba, JVC etc.) in the interest of having a display with less pronounced scanlines than my consumer Trinitron. For this, they are great - the scanlines are really mellowed comparatively.

The only thing is that they're all less sharp than my Trinitron even after I adjust the focus.

Is it a general trait with consumer TV's for shadow masks to be generally less sharp than Trinitrons?

Maybe it's because the more prominent scanlines break up the picture a bit more, giving an appearance of sharpness?

Cheers...