Yeah I have found the Brainy Baby- Left and Right brain DVDs to be quite good. I don't know if they were made by the 'Baby Einstein' company or not, but you will usually find them in the same section.
Aidyn didnt watch his until he was a bit older - about 11 months, as thats when we got a copy off a friend, but he totally LOVES them and gets very excited and stimulated by them, and I think they would also be pretty interesting to a younger baby as well...

The flash cards sound cool, I will have to check them out!