Color correction- Video monitor vs LCD

Ok from what I understand there is a color difference in what LCD screens will display as opposed to standard tube tvs or monitors. In doing some color correction on a football highlight reel i noticed that the picture looks great on my preview video monitor but horribly dark on the Apple flat screen monitor. Not knowing whether this reel would be played more often on a tube tv or flat panel, I continued to color correct according to the video monitor.

When I finally finished and burned it to a DVD, it looked great on the video monitor but dark on an LCD. The strange thing is that, although it was darker and worse looking on the LCD, it didn't look as bad as it did on the Apple flat screen. (This I think may be attributed to the gamma differences used by Mac versus PC.)

My question is, is there a good middle ground for color correction between flat panel displays and tube displays? Is there a good way to achieve a descent looking picture on both types of displays or do I need to just pick a medium to color adjust for and go with it?

The only other thing I would know to do would be to burn 2 versions, one corrected for tube and one for flat panels, but that is wildly inefficient!

Chad Mayeux
Metter, GA
Pineland Technology Solutions
Videographer/ Digital Artist