Seeking broad guidance on home video scheme

Hello,
I'm interested in resources anyone can point to that provides  guidance  on designing a home-video set up.
For example, after many years and many tweaks, I've found a flow that works very well for my photos; folder structure, naming convention, face tags, content tags, etc.  It has taken a while, but my photos are now stored in a way that I can access them intuitively based on what I'm looking for....
I'm still a bit lost when it comes to the best set-up for videos.  I know there are MANY factors, and no solution works for everyone.  I'd be interested to hear how other folks have arranged their 'archiving scheme' to store and allow intuitive access to their home videos.  I'm sure there are many factors I haven't even considered and tips I would never think of....  looking forward to some wisdom from the community.
Though I'm most interested in just learning how other folks have designed their systems, here's a brief snapshot of where I am, and hope to go:
Context: basic every day family home videos / memories
Source: raw unedited video from past 12 years or so, in several formats (still on 8mm needing to be captured, .mod files, 720 mp4 files,)
Goal is to
Choose output format (I realize there's no single good answer). I am flexible on space/quality tradeoffs.
I'm thinking I want to avoid DVDs: access from PC and from Apple TV device (jailbroken, will accept pretty much any video format).
Considering no DVDs, would love tips on meaningful folder/naming structure, etc. to make accessing videos intuitive based on context of an event (do you put that week vacation in one 40min video file, or is there elegant way to arrange multiple files.. etc)
Again, I know there are no perfect answers - but would love advice and thoughts from the group. 
Thanks All,  Chris.

Hello Steve and all, Thanks very much for your help with my post.
I think the most straightforward way for me to ask would be this:
Similar to retiring the CD player in favor of digital music players, I would like to avoid using DVDs to store/access home video, in favor of hard-disk storage, and accessing the videos directly on the PC and other digital devices on my home network (specifics below)
The immediate drawback I can see to this is losing the 'chapter' or 'scene' functionality of a DVD.  If I have a 60min video of a birthday party, it would be simple to set the DVD up with chapters to easily navigate to the scenes I want.
Any thoughts on ways to mimic this functionality when setting up a HDD based storage/access scheme ?
Below are answers to your specific questions.  Thanks again for your input !!
Camcorder models (I have video from several sources over dozen years.  So, some is old, some is newer)
1. Hi8mm - still on tape (have not captured it yet)
2. JVC Everio .mod files
3. Kodak playsport zx5.
Archiving for future projects? 
My goal is to go through all the video, cut out the 'junk' and produce final cut videos, typically based on the event.
Example: Take all 54 .mod files from a birthday party and make a single video for the event. Or, perhaps down to a couple of files to mimic the functionality of chapters on a DVD ?.....  open to thoughts from those who've been down that road.
The bulk of video from over the years is either still analog, or .mod files standard def..  Moving forwad, all new video is Hi Def. Currently 720 mp4.
So, I will likely have final video in low and hi def ??
720 mp4s are from the Kodak PlaySport I've had for a short time.
How do I plan to display video?
1. Hoping to avoid DVDs altogether in favor of hard drive based system. Storage will be on desktop system in 'office' room of house.
2. Primary viewing on living room tv via Apple TV2 (specifics below).
3. Secondary viewing directly on storage / multimedia PC in 'office' room of house.
4.Would like to be able to access from iPad / iPhone around the house. Not necessary to be able to view remotely.
Videos would be delivered to Apple TV2 over wireless home network, direclty from a 'multimedia' pc.  The PC is wired into router, Apple TV is wireless.  It seems to perform well at streaming HD video from PC over wireless network.
Thanks again for your kind help !!  
Chris.

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