Help - large WMV files into FCE4

I'm a relative newbie to FCE and have just used it to work with short videos from my AVCHD camcorder.
Recently, I sent a bunch of Hi-8 video tapes to an online conversion service, and they were returned to me as a series of 3GB (2 hour) WMV files. What format do I need to convert these into to be able to edit everything down to a single DVD's worth?
I thought using Prism to convert the WMV to MOV would work, but when I try to import (or drop) a MOV file (also 3GB) into FCE, I get a very long spinning beach ball. Should I have used another format or codec?
Or, should I work with smaller files? Is there any easy way to split up the MOV or WMV files into smaller chunks?
I was hoping to finish this project by Christmas, but I can't even get to a decent starting point!
Thanks for any guidance.
John S

Thanks!
It's the first time I've used a conversion service, so I didn't even think to try to specify the output format.
That may be the best approach; otherwise I'll go with the QT DV suggestion. The quality is pretty poor to begin with, since these are from a 1990-era camcorder.
Thanks again!
John

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