Welcome to the forum Whimsy!
I'm sure you'll love it here in the forums! I certainly do. I'm glad to hear that you've started dancing, even if you don't have a teacher yet. It's always better, of course, to have a real person around to instruct you, but if that's not possible keep it up on your own! Perhaps you can try to attend a festival in your area or places that you travel to? They often have beginner classes (at least those in my area do) and then you can have someone correct your movements. My teacher is still telling me to tuck in my pelvis
I've been dancing for a while but nevertheless I forget!
If you are looking for other BD beginner DVD's I would recommend Nourhan Sharif's "An introduction to bellydance technique." I took a technique class with her and thought that she had such clear ideas about technique , and explained them so well, that I decided to buy one of her CD's in an effort to "clean up" my technique, posture, etc.
I'm sure there are lots of other forum members that can give you more advice about beginner DVD's. I've only seen Nourhan's so I don't really have much grounds for comparison. Also I am not a BD teacher.
Enjoy the forum!
Freya