Color Different on MBP and Cinema Display

I have a problem I am so far not able to resolve. I have a new 2008 MBP 17" with an Apple Cinema Display hooked up to it. The color on the MBP is nice and seems "right". The color on the Cinema Display is brighter - so much so that is not very good for using an application like Aperture, where a second monitor would be a great asset.
I have tried adjusting the calibration on both screens but can not get the two screens to match up even reasonably well. I now have the calibration set to "Color LCD" on the MBP and "Cinema HD" on the Cinema Display but the Cinema display is till unnaturally bright. Reds are WILD and skin tones are more "orangey" and "pink".
I am not a color calibration expert and am somewhat at a loss here.
Does anyone have any info on a solution to this somewhat annoying problem? Is there a piece of equipment out there that does a good job and is reasonably priced? My concern is that any photos I print do not come out shockingly bright.
Thanks in advance.

Michael Byrnes wrote:
I have a problem I am so far not able to resolve. I have a new 2008 MBP 17" with an Apple Cinema Display hooked up to it. The color on the MBP is nice and seems "right".
Don't let your eyes deceive you. While the MacBook Pro has one of the best laptop displays out there, no laptop display matches even the midrange desktop displays. An objective test will show that the Cinema Display absolutely blows away the MacBook Pro display after proper calibration. Read this article for tests and explanations about the MacBook Pro display in a professional context.
One of the key ideas is that it how "right" the color looks to us is not a reliable way of determining if the colors are actually accurate.
The color on the Cinema Display is brighter - so much so that is not very good for using an application like Aperture, where a second monitor would be a great asset.
One of the things you'll learn as you study color management is that most monitors have a maximum brightness that is far too high for calibrated work. For proper blacks and white, and especially if you hope to simulate paper well, when you run a hardware calibrator on your monitor you will usually be required to reduce brightness to somewhere in the lower quarter of its range.
I have tried adjusting the calibration on both screens but can not get the two screens to match up even reasonably well. I now have the calibration set to "Color LCD" on the MBP and "Cinema HD" on the Cinema Display but the Cinema display is till unnaturally bright. Reds are WILD and skin tones are more "orangey" and "pink".
Due to the very different capabilities of the two monitors, you'll find it difficult to impossible to get them consistent by eye. Partly because human eyes are adaptive and can't be sufficiently subjective. If you are serious about good color, your best bet is to invest in a good hardware calibrator (like the one in the linked article above) and let it calibrate both monitors to a known standard.

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