Do I need to compress?

I have a short film that runs about 10mins. Uncompressed (it's HDV) it's 2.3 GB. But when I run it through compressor (DVD: Best Quality 90mins) it becomes a 443 MB file that looks awful.
Do I need to compress this file? I'm going to burn in DVD Studio Pro. How can I keep this file at 2.3 GB and burn it?
Help needed. Thanks.

David, thanks.
Yes, I understand that I must have an MPEG-2 but how do I get the maximum file size when the original film doesn't even come close to the 4 GB limit I have for a DVD?
I found that the straight MPEG-2 option in compressor makes a 1.08 GB file, so that's twice as good as the 90 MIN 2-Pass but I want it even larger if possible.
Any ideas?

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