1) What is your TV type and size and how is your Wii plugged into it?
47-inch Plasma, the normal cables that came with the console are plugged into it.
"better physics" --I don't notice anything better.
I might be confusing control with physics. Brawl's feels more like it fits more.
"online play" --Brawl's network code is unplayably bad.
I've played for hours online and experienced few problems.
"myriad multiplayer options" --Are you talking about 2-player Targets and Boss Rush? Again, meaningless to me.
More flexible Special Brawl, Rotation to better organize large player fights other than tournaments, and just about everything that was exclusively single-player in Melee was expanded to co-op.
The point I made earlier is that I don't think that two items and a slight difference of graphics (while disregarding the other 99.99999999999999999% of the game) greatly constitutes Melee to be infinitely better.
In Brawl, the announcer doesn't scream the title of the game on the title screen.
The announcer doesn't scream on the title screen in Melee either. He screams after the intro. :D
But seriously, after waiting about 10-20 seconds on the Loading screen, I'd rather flip to the menu than sit through the 2-minute intro and expect an announcer scream.