Advice on choosing FPGA board, and videos (Score 1)

You are definitely right, it is best to get a low cost FPGA board to start learning. You will definitely find it fun and satisfying. Video 3 on this page is "FPGA boards and general advice on what to get" http://www.burched.com/freevideos.ag.php There are some other videos there that will help you with learning.