Thanks for this thread! I must read more of these projects to discover which DVDs to keep when I upgrade to the Blu-ray downgrades. Seriously.
I gave it a (not-so-)quick correction attempt -- that last 10% is a killer. It's still probably 5% off, but from the Blu-ray screencap:
add these RGB corrections (in a single pass):
histogram low gamma high mid-tones
RED 0 1.6 255 -10
GREEN 0 1.5 255 -12
BLUE 0 1.5 255 -15
for this result:
which improves (according to taste) on the HDTV's strong contrast and hot skin-tones:
