Export quality for desktop viewing:

I am using PPCS3 to export a short movie (5 minutes) that I would like to ONLY show on my desktop. My desktop resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels.
When I export the movie using MPEG (NTSC High Quality - Lower Field), the quality of the full screen DVD using Windows Media Player (or WinDVD) is not very good. It is even worse when I deinterlace it which everyone recommends if I want to play it on my computer monitor.
When I export the movie using Quicktime (MPEG 4), the quality at original size is excellent but starts distorting if I make the quicktime player larger.
Is the reason my movie quality is not very good because my desktop resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels and my video footage is NTSC - 720 x 480??
Any good solutions to improve the viewing experience on a computer screen?
The photos and video in my movie are very good. Should I increase the movie to a larger height and width? Any tips would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Simon

I like the HD solution but I did a few tests by creating HD videos via Google Earth movie maker and my laptop seems to not be able to play the short clip very well. It stutters. Looks like my video card is not good enough. :(((((
Now I have to see if I can update my video card or not.
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