Recording from TV to DVD and then into iMovie

I would like to record many of the upcoming World Cup Soccer games to a digital format that I can use for easy importing into iMovie for instructional video.
I won't be able to edit clips as fast as the games are played so I thought recording to DVD's would be convenient when I went back to review the material, or would a PVR from shaw/tivo be more suitable...are these viable options, and does anyone have recommended hardware for this purpose?
Thanks.

//did answer your double post in the iM6 section//

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http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6018.shtml
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6030.shtml
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=232703&tstart=0
http://danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.shtml
http://www.moviecodec.com/topics/5155p2.html
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=267352&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=630709&tstart=0
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