I'm going to try and do these a little more regularly.
Finished code today that allows users to adjust the gamma setting on nucore. This will allow you to drive your original monitor a little harder. It's kind of like a software video amplifier. You will also be able to adjust all settings equally or one at a time. If your monitor's red is a little dull you could increase the just the red value till everything was balanced. This isn't a miracle cure-all but it did a lot with my monitor.
For those of you who don't know what gamma is here's an explanation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction