Calibration settings on new iMac 20" to get screen closer to acceptable?

I was just wondering if anyone has plugged in settings while calibrating to get the new (horribly inadequate) 20" screens to look decent. I've tried a few times and it never seems to get close enough. I keep ending up with it being too bright and washed out (maybe gamma too high?). So, I was wondering if anyone had any quick settings that they find have helped this screen out any. I'm hoping for anything that would help.

First off, you will never get it to be perfect - but, to be fair, it is a trade-off between price and quality.
Some people are happy with the improvement by choosing the sRGB profile under System Preferences - Displays - Color (you have to uncheck the box limiting the list to device profiles). This is awfully wrong from a color management point of view (a generic color space is not a valid device profile), but it is obviously closer than the default profile, which is way off.
To get a much better result, you will need to hardware calibrate the display (using a Spyder2/3, eyeOne, etc.) and even then, do not expect miracles. The quality of the panel limits the possible outcome, a TN panel will always have banding issues with gradients and some vertical color shifts. Maybe a colleague or friend can borrow you some calibration hard- and software to give it a try? You should aim for a gamma of 2.2, native white point (and a target luminance around 120 cd/m2 in case you intend to proof prints).

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