Jonathan - you never disappoint - no diplomatic doubletalk here - just the straight goods, eh?
I love this guy...
Yeah, Mark we have beat this to death I guess, sorry, but I just have a little more to add... As a "Digital Imaging Specialist" at a couple of places for more than a few years I've heard this kind of question over and over... and the answer is very,
very simple. Get a good display, and calibrate it.
For every person who's come to me with issues, I've heard some new form of creative workaround. My answer is simple and straightforward. Get the right tools, and set them up correctly, and move on (so we all can, too... ) I will also add that I have never, not yet anyway, had anyone come back to me and say that they made a mistake taking this advice.
The other thing that gets me going on this is, for all the issues in color management, this is the simplest and easiest to solve.
OMG I just remembered these two old coots from MIT who walked in all full of attitude who I had to hammer and hammer on about setting up a good display rather than trying to make a POS display do something it couldn't... perfect mix of tight-fisted Yankee who didn't want to part with a buck and arrogant engineers. 2 months later the guy walks in with his jaw all tight and fists clenched and I'm like, oh crap, here we go. He was coming in to thank me! Practically offered me his first borne, he did...
OK, sitting down now...