Best AVI compression settings

Hi everybody.
I need to prepare avi files for a video catalogue, and I've compressed them using DV PAL.
Yet I'm not satisfied with the result. I tried the 'no compression' option and, though the video quality is good, the resulting file is way too "huge" to fit in a cd.
Thank u in advance for any suggestion

Why CD? Why not DVD?
DVD will allow you play mpeg2 files on a set-up player or from most computer DVD players.
CDs can't be played, the files have to be moved to the hard drive first. Even Video CDs (VCD) is a BAD way to go.
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