Transfering Digital camcorder movies into iDVD & burning into DVDRW

Hi all
I need the right direction of transferring my Digital8mm movies from my Digital Sony camcorder into iDVD movies. How many hours can I get into a DVDRW and what's a good method on creating a nice family DVD movie? I"ll definitely have to get a 200 or 500 gb HDD to store movies and Music files.
thanks any help,
Jim

First off, I DON'T recommend using RW media for anything you'd like to last and be playable for a while.
For single layer discs, use Verbatim or Maxell DVD-R discs.
Using iDVD you can fit approximately 60 minutes of content on a single layer disc in the 'Best Performance' mode or 120 minutes on a double layer disc.
You can fit approximately 120 minutes of content on a single layer disc in the 'Best Quality' mode or 240 minutes on a double layer disc.
F Shippey

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