Lauren,
Indeed, the Pro1 LCD tends to be a bit brighter than your average desktop monitor. That's probably true of =most= LCD panels, as it's generally a matter of squeezing enough pixels into such a small area to make up a decent picture -- you have a greater concentration of pixels emitting light. It's the same with just about any kind of "video display."
But, yeah, the Pro1 can be brighter than the average camera LCD. On the other hand, some cameras will absolutely "boost the gain" when you get into low-light conditions -- that'd be a "feature, not a bug," so you have a better chance of seeing what you're trying to take a picture of.
In the end, no camera will be "perfect" to each user in every possible way. But, most of them are quite competent "tools" that you should be able to work with, and I think you can still work with your Pro1 LCD and get completely wonderful results.
You will come to get a grasp on when it would be good to toss in a bit of exposure compensation -- for instance, on any bright, sunny day, it's probably a good thing to dial in at least a -1/3 compensation. I recommend "bracketing," perhaps even in concert with some exposure compensation, to get a good feel for how the Pro1 will work with given light levels.
In the end, I think the beef about the LCD panel is one when you're shooting in "dark" situations -- like when I've been shooting neon signs or city skylines, in my experiences. Gosh, no -- you =can't= reliably tell if you've captured enough light or too much light by looking at your pictures on that LCD screen. But, now you =know= that they're going to be considerably brighter than they'll appear on a normal monitor, so you can take that into consideration.
Bear in mind that many such shots might be ones you'll take in full manual mode, and the Pro1 will =give= you "estimated exposure compensation" equivalents in the upper left-hand corner, and you =can= get a pretty good gist of where you are with those numbers.
And, in the end, this is a =digital= camera -- the nature of this kind of shooting (at the least) is that you might have to do a bit of trial and error to make sure you got the exact exposure you like the best. So, big whoopee -- take a whole bunch of pictures, from a bit lower-exposed to a bit higher-exposed than you think you may need. You =will= find something in the middle there that you'll like whole bunches!
You've already taken the first step -- realizing that the LCD is brighter than a normal monitor. Now, you're ready to take that into consideration as you keep on shooting!
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Tom Hoots
My PBase galleries:
http://www.pbase.com/thoots 
But do post an image and let someone with a calibrated monitor who knows what they're doing take a look.