You could, in theory, use a combination of a DVD burner and DVD creation software such as Sonic MyDVD to burn the Quicktime video onto a DVD. This would allow you to play it from a set-top DVD player, assuming it's a newer generation player that can read home-burned DVD's. However, this would not improve the quality of the video.
We will probably never put the old variations of our earlier years on DVD because the original video footage has long since been lost. The only thing that remains in my posession is those little web-quality clips on the CD-ROM, same as you have. But that's not to say that they won't be reincarnated as future variations. There were some good ideas in those old variations, and although they may not be brought back in exactly the same combinations, I'm sure we will incorporate the best ideas into future variations. In fact, we already have... take a look at the smooth DVD when it's been released and I think you'll notice a handful of the ideas recycled from the original CD-ROM.
Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson