Keep the ideas coming guys, thanks
The monitor shoot out was interesting but it's not a "brightness" issue that's the main problem, it's peaking. I need more of it in low light, long lens, WFO situations. Now if I could get peaking on my brothers Ultra2 monitor, THAT would rock ;)
I'm not yet a fan of "red" peaking, it's not a natural occurrance so it doesn't quickly (during a take) make sense. I recently looked at a "marshal" with red peaking, and according to it, everything was in focus 'cause everything was shimmering in red. I'm not against red, it just needs to be better defined.
I'll look around and see if I can find that Panasonic in a Demo model to test.