If you're going to convert to DV, then iMovie08 and iMovie09 are NOT the apps to use. Use iMovie06 or Final Cut Express. Your profile indicates you are using Snow Leopard, so FCE4 is probably your only choice. I don't think iMovie06 will work on SnowLeopard.
You may be able to use a Digital8 camcorder and if you can still find one it will probably give you better results than using an external converter because you would avoid having to use an analog connection from a Hi8 camcorder to a converter or a miniDV camcorder. (Most of the old Hi8 camcorders only had a composite video output. By playing a Hi8 tape in a Digital8 camcorder you eliminate that analog conversion in the workflow.)
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