I totally understand what you're saying! You can see the jaggedness of the images in the 480P that you don't have in the 480i sample. What really surprised me was the difference in brightness between the two. The difference of what I saw in real life is represented in the pictures. Area's of additional detail I would note is the mapping of the wall behind Link, the Stairs, the Scales on his suit, and the necklace around his neck. I would think that playing on a CRT, as you say...it a moot point discussing advantages/disadvantages of 480i vs 480p on the Wii. Anyways...that's my findings and examples laid forth. 
Hmm I was considering purchasing component cables but was unsure of the difference. Thanks for the comparison pics, looks like I'll head to the shops soon to pick them up (the component look quite good compared to composite)
Nope they are not. One might think so because of the Red Green Blue, but it's not. RGB cables are very similar to composite, but the colors are in seperate channels. I know, sounds again just like component cables, but the quality is not as good. RGB are SCART cables. In Europe RGB and Composite both enter the TV set via a SCART ....ah oh well, there you go
:You guys are lucky.
Not sure if my rear projection has issues or not, but standard def satellite programming looks horrible on this TV. It looks a lot better on the 32" CRT I have upstairs.
If your Wii looks great the way it is, save the $30 and put it towards another game. The standard sports pack looks fine, nothing to brag about, but games like Call of Duty and Zelda are two games that come immediately to mind that I end of squinting while I play because of the blur over the entire image. I played Zelda today for a few hours with no eye strain. The resolution looks the same, but it's cleaned up a lot.
I setup my camera and tripod to take these two shots. You decide which has the better detail and sharper image:
480i Composite
480p Component
