Watching Movies While Knitting

I checked out a number of DVDs at the library last night with the idea of watching them on my laptop as I knit. I'm finding this works quite well if the pattern I'm working on isn't too complex. The movies are mainly older, classic ones and some are classic BBC mysteries. The ones I checked out are: The Best Years of Our Lives; The Lady Eve; Mrs. Miniver; Jeeves and Wooster, Vol.1 and 2; Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly, and Call Northside 777. I'm thinking of putting some Northern Exposure season DVDs on hold and perhaps looking for more BBC mysteries as well.