Calibrate 2nd monitor for coloring

I have a 23inch older apple cinema display and ive calibrated it with a spyder2express but It does not seem to always be consistent. I don't need a professional setup I just want a roughly calibrated consistent monitor that i can trust is the same. This project will mostly be on blu Ray and DVDs. I was wondering if maybe since the apple monitor is older that it may have issues with consistency? After it warms up or anything. Would I be better with a LCD tv as a reference monitor that I calibrate with the spyder since it's where the final project will be seen? Or a newer HD monitor? I know some of the non apples are getting cheaper.
Any input? Thanks

A search of this forum will reveal a large number of threads, the gist of which reduce to:
The Spyder2Express is a calibration tool for photographers consequently not appropriate for use in video and the Apple Cinema Display is one of the worst possible solutions for grading digital media. Old ones worse so, but you already know that, but this is pretty much universally true of all graphics displays.
COLOR is tailored for broadcast use with CCIR709 guidelines as its preset, and unchangeable, output standard for Quicktime workflows. Unless you are working under Snow Leopard you will experience gamma consistency problems between COLOR and all the other Final Cut Studio applications. There are innumerable threads covering that issue.
You will likely not be able to calibrate a regular LCD monitor with the Spyder since it cannot operate at the low levels generated at broadcast standard biases. In other words it will not be able to do a "black balance", and it is unlikely that you will be able to set your monitor to the recommended brightness used by broadcasters, so a "white balance" is probably out of reach as well. Nearly all consumer "TVs" employ "dynamic contrast" to sweeten distributed media, so they are disqualified for professional use.
jPo

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