8mm film to video- what do I need to know to transfer properly?

I'm going to have my dad transfer all of the family 8mm films at a professional transfer place. (8mm, mind you, NOT Super8) to DVD. I'd like to have uncompressed (HD) files so that someday in the future I can put them into imovie. For now, my dad would like them all on DVD.
What do I have my dad tell the guy at the transfer house in terms of transferring and format? Will this take a huge, huge drive for all the files? How many Gigs per hour of 8mm film?
Thanks!
David from NYC
p.s. my dad lives near Philly, and I live in NYC....any recommendations for places that do this in one of these cities or their environs?

I did a project like that earlier this year. [Details here|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11284809&#11284809]
My recommendation is to capture in HD to a hard drive so you can edit the movies.
If all you want is unedited movies in SD, a DVD is OK.
The company I used, MyMovie Transfer.com (aka Debenham Media Group), is in Coraopolis PA, but I did everything by mail.

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