"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" joins the DVD wave this week and will probably be a big seller.

"CSI: The Complete First Season" (Paramount, six discs, 23 episodes, $89.99) is just the latest attempt to reach out to fans of the series, which tops the Nielsen ratings. There has also been a CD soundtrack, a spinoff series ("CSI: Miami") and, on CBS corporate sibling TNN, replays of the first-season episodes.

Given the expected appetite for episodes on DVD, the set has skimped on extras. There are no commentary tracks. Written profiles of the main characters do not add much to what viewers know by watching the show. A video of the show's theme, "Who Are You?," just cobbles together concert footage of the Who performing the song with scenes from the show. That leaves just a 19-minute featurette about the making of the series.

And, of course, the 23 episodes. They do include some hallmarks in the series, such as the original pilot, the "Blood Drops" episode that the set claims is "arguably the best CSI episode to date," and an interesting chapter in the show's deafness story line, "Sounds of Silence."

(That telecast is also noteworthy for a performance by Deanne Bray, the deaf actress now starring in "Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye.")

The show looks great, too - unless you're a self-conscious actor whose every wrinkle and flaw is visible in digital video. And the gore and anatomical intrusions are even more startling than on regular TV. As for the series itself, it still isn't one of my favorites, but its puzzles can be diverting.

Also on video this week is "Futurama, Volume One" (Fox, three discs, 13 episodes, $39.98). The animated comedy about life 1,000 years in the future is from "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening. And like the "Simpsons" DVD collections, which are the gold standard of DVD boxes in terms of picture quality and extras, this set is chock-a-block with them.

Every episode has a commentary track featuring Groening and others. There are also deleted scenes from many episodes, a script of the pilot and an "animatics" version - basically animated drawings before color and detail is added - of the pilot.

The series itself is not as wildly inventive as "The Simpsons" has been, but it has plenty of funny moments. It's nice to linger over the details in the DVD version (when you can focus on all the visual gags zipping by), and the commentary explains some of the inside jokes.