Awesome post, msycamore!
I know that GOUT's master was prepared for '90s CRTs.
My problem with GOUT is that my primary TV is a 36" GE CRT TV (148lb.!) and GOUT still looks terrible on it while playing.
The first step is to calibrate the video monitor and the audio playback system. THX engineers use a Photo Research Spectra-Radiometer to carefully calibrate the black level, white level, greyscale, and color balance of the video monitor being used in the transfer. The Spectra-Radiometer measures the wavelengths of the light coming from the video screen and can display the actual spectrum on a computer. This gives the engineer valuable information on color and greyscale as well as on the actual purity of the phosphors being used in the monitor. The purpose of this calibration is to ensure that decisions made by the filmmaker on the color of the transfer are done under correct and repeatable conditions. The Photo Research device is calibrated regularly to National Bureau of Standards specifications.
It must have been broken that day :-D