Vizio 37" client monitor?

We've recently bought a 37" Vizio as a client playback monitor. I know that this is not the ideal choice for accurate color but I'd like to calibrate it to get it closer to Broadcast quality. I'm using a Blackmagic Intensity Pro card with the HDMI output (sometimes the componenet outs as well). How or what can I use to calibrate this TV to make it better and more accurate than the default settings?
Also, what is the best way to calibrate your computer monitors. I'm using (1) Eizo 20" and (1) Eizo 24" display (neither Production monitors). Right now they're calibrated for print work. Is the NTSC (1953) setting okay or is there another way to calibrate for FCP editing and Broadcast standards?

as long as you know that Vizio is the bottom of the hdtv barrel.
Which set up dvd did you use, something like Avia? The daily set up regimen can be done with that blue gel but it's primitive. Find a menu preset that is totally neutral and then go through your brightness, contrast, color menus and find their mid point. Being that it's digital, there will be no hue/phase control so you're kinda screwed if the tv's internal bias/gain controls are misaligned. But, you might be able to adjust phase through the Intensity Pro, maybe, I dunno, I don't have one.
Pipe hd, NOT sd ntsc, bars into the Vizio. Set your white and black points with the brightness and contrast controls and then set you chroma level with that blue gel taped on your eye and the tv's color control. Then compare it to your broadcast monitor on your FCP rig and be prepared to swear to the heavens as it'll look nothing like your broadcast monitor. So, paint away to try and match at your own risk.
However, the best solution for you is to have a technician come in from one of the local high end AV stores and have him calibrate the Vizio for you. Just to be clear, calibration is different than daily operational set up. The tech will cost you upwards of 500 or so bucks but it would be worth it and maybe next time you won't purchase such a cheap hunk of junk display.
Zeb.

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