Best settings for outputting for web

Hello All!!
I'm hoping someone can help me out.... I'm outputting quicktimes to be uploaded to a web server so they can be embeded on a site for a show reel. What is the best compression setting for a quicktime that maintains it's image quality but loads fast? I've been using h.264 and limiting it to 700 and 800 kbps, im 4:1 audio, deinterlaced, 720x480.
the quicktimes range in length from 1min to 4min. I used Vimeo's setting and that looks the best, but takes too long to load on web server.
I've tried different rates for kbps as well as all the suggested pre-sets in Compressor, and my qt's are still coming out 'soft', and I'm not sure what else to try.
I'm on a MacBook Pro 10.6.7 with 2.6 ghz Intel Core Duo and 4gb of memory, FCP 7.03.
Thank you for all suggestions and help!!
-K

You'll just want to play with it. One trick I like to use, if there's not a lot of panning going on in the audio, is to drop the audio to mono. Cuts the audio bandwidth in half, allowing more room for video to move.

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