[MacDV] DVD-R as archive?

[Preston]

Tape degrades over time.
Hard drives can crash and loose part of your data.  (use multiple HDs 
and store one offsite)
DVD-Rs only hold 4.7 GB, so you can store about 21min of DV on a DVD-R.


With that said I would not burn to DVD until you have edited due to 
space limitations (23GB blue laser DVD burners will be nice in a few 
years)

>Would archiving them to mini-DV be the 1st choice of this list?

I wouldn't call it "archiving" but for your transistion period it 
would be fine.  Your other and more expensive option would be to 
backup on 2 hard drives (differnet mfgs). This way you would be 
digitized and ready to edit too.

Sounds like your best option might be to just start editing!  ;-)
-Preston