Mavericks: white balance changes when video plays

Hi There,
I have an issue that whenever video is playing (YouTube, Vimeo, Final Cut, Premier Pro) my monitor's white balance will change to a cooler temperature after 2 or 3 seconds.
But weirdly, only the white balance on the video changes - nothing else on screen changes - setup is:
15" MBP Retina
NVIDIA Descret graphics
Dell U2713H
I initially had to run a few terminal commands to force the MBP to recognice the Dell as a monitor (http://embdev.net/topic/284710#3567172) so don't know if this is part of the issue?
But this doesn't happen with the monitor at home - same MBP and monitor model.
I can't work out of this is the monitor, video card or the OS that's doing this - has anyone else seen this?
CHeers
Ben

I'd checked several settings on the Dell but just found another one: "Smart Movie Enhance" - turning this off fixed the issue.
>Menu >Display Settings >Smart Video Enhance> Off
It seems professional monitors are becoming more like TVs - after turnning off all the picture enhancing tech on our new Sony TV, movies finally looked cinematic and not like 90s video!

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