Westnet and Sony Pictures are giving members the chance to win one of 25 in-season double passes to see Did You Hear About the Morgans?, the romantic comedy that puts a married couple in a unique situation.

Did You Hear About the Morgans? follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer.

The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming, and a relationship that was on the rocks threatens to end completely in the Rockies… Unless, in their new BlackBerry-free lives, the Morgans can slow down the pace and rekindle the passion.

For your chance to win one of 25 in-season double passes to Did You Hear About the Morgans?, only at the movies December 26^th, simply click the ‘Enter’ button in the Westnet Newsletter in your inbox. Entries are limited to one per Westnet username. The competition closes at 12.01am (WST) on Thursday January 7^th, 2009.

Welcome to November’s edition of the Westnet Newsletter!

It’s the time of year when I tell myself I should start planning for the festive season in advance – buy presents, make travel plans and organise gatherings at my house. Alas, I’ve come to accept that I probably won’t be kind to my future self and will indeed be tackling the lady next to me for the last chunk of blue cheese.

Since I’m not going to help myself, this edition includes a useful tip or two to make your life a little easier over the coming weeks. From playing your music through your TV to increased download quotas for some bundling plans – there’s something to help everyone. Not to mention the chance to win tickets to see brilliant family movies Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Where the Wild Things Are.

So relax, read up and enjoy!

We’re always on the lookout for new ways to stretch our members’ internet dollar a little bit further, so we’ve just bumped up monthly download quotas on selected bundled Broadband1 plans and bundled Broadband2+ Pro plans (excluding Broadband2+ Pro ULL plans).

The best bit? Members don’t have to do a thing for this to happen. No extra cash, no extra hassle – just the pleasure of a little more room to move on the net.

To make the whole deal even sweeter, we’re continually packing more into our already bustling Freezone. Westnet customers can enjoy unmetered access to content like the FOX SPORTS’ Barclays Premier League matches, downloads from Xbox LIVE, a huge range of programs available through ABC iView, Investec Super 14s Rugby games and purchases from the Australian Apple iTunes store… and there’s plenty more to come.

With all this extra quota, it really pays to bundle with Westnet.

Here at Westnet HQ, we’re pretty excited to announce our shiny new Westnet Satellite Broadband plans, featuring higher download allowances, shaping on selected plans and peak and off-peak times, plus the continuation of our ‘half price for six months’ offer.

In addition, when customers add Westnet Phone to their Satellite service, they’ll receive an extra 2GB of off-peak data each month.

With standalone plans starting from just $9.98 for the first six months (including 1.5GB of data), now is definitely the time to get connected if you haven’t already.

With the warm-up to the silly season about to begin, it’s nice to be able to share your favourite music and pictures with friends and family. It’s really not hard to turn your personal MP3 player into a jukebox while you’re at home or even out and about. All you need is a TV, the right cables and maybe your TV manual to show you where everything is. If you’re ever unsure about which cables to buy, just ask your local electronics shop assistant to point you in the right direction.

Connecting your MP3 player to a digital TV

To do this you’ll need an AV cable, which will give you audio and video output from your television, enabling you to listen to music, play videos or view pictures. Keep in mind that some MP3 players may require brand-specific breakout cables to be connected to a TV.

Connecting your MP3 player to an analogue TV

RCA connections on your analogue box make it possible for you to connect your MP3 player to your TV. An RCA connection is made up of a yellow port (video), a red port (audio right) and a white port (audio left). Sometimes there are just the two ports for audio.

To connect your MP3 to your analogue TV, you’ll need to buy a cable with a single plug at one end and the appropriate number of RCA plugs at the other end. Generally these are 3.5mm (headphone jack size) to 3RCA or 2RCA cables. If your system only has two RCA ports, you won’t be able to view video but you’ll still be able to enjoy music.

We’ve recently stripped it back, given it a new skin, improved forum and commenting functionality and made it more user-friendly, but many of you are probably still baffled about why 3FL, and indeed online gaming in general, are so popular nowadays.

Put simply, 3FL gives people a chance to become a character, interact with friends or strangers from the comfort of their home and be generally entertained by the new and creative concepts gaming developers keep churning out. It’s more interactive that watching a movie and cheaper than going out to your local pub.

With highly interactive and popular games like Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead, 3FL gives players the opportunity to battle zombies or plough through enemy defences using clever tactics whenever they feel the urge.

On top of this, gamers can now watch Playr, a TV show all about gaming, on the 3FL site to get their extra online gaming fix.

Gaming with Westnet’s 3FL just got better, so go on – become one of us.

Westnet and Sony Pictures are giving members the chance to win one of 25 in-season double passes to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, a hilarious adventure of epic… portion sizes.

Aspiring inventor Flint Lockwood is the socially awkward genius behind some of the most bizarre contraptions ever conceived.  But even though all of his inventions, from spray-on shoes to a monkey thought translator, have been spectacular failures that caused trouble in his small town, Flint is determined to create something that will make people happy. When Flint’s latest machine, designed to turn water into food, accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into the clouds, he thinks his inventing career is over.  Until something amazing happens – cheeseburgers start raining from the sky.  His machine actually works!

The food weather is an instant success, and Flint forges a fast friendship with Sam Sparks, the weathergirl who comes to town to cover what she calls “the greatest weather phenomenon in history.”  But when people greedily ask for more and more food, the machine starts behaving erratically, unleashing spaghetti tornadoes and giant meatballs. With the town about to be buried beneath mountains of marshmallows and waves of watermelons, it’s up to Flint and Sam to use their combined expertise to shut down the machine and put everything right.

For your chance to win one of 25 in-season double passes to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, simply click the ‘Enter’ button in the Westnet Newsletter in your inbox. Entries are limited to one per Westnet username. The competition closes at 12.01am (WST) on Thursday December 3^rd 2009.

Westnet and Village Roadshow Pictures are giving members the chance to win one of 30 in-season double passes to see Where the Wild Things Are, a Spike Jonze adaptation of the much-loved children’s book by Maurice Sendak.

Max, a rambunctious and sensitive boy who feels misunderstood at home, escapes to an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures (the Wild Things) whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions.

The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. When Max is crowned king, he promises to create a place where everyone will be happy. Max soon finds, though, that ruling his kingdom is not so easy and his relationships there prove to be more complicated than he thought.

For your chance to win one of 30 in-season double passes to Where the Wild Things Are, simply click the ‘Enter’ button in the Westnet Newsletter in your inbox. Entries are limited to one per Westnet username. The competition closes at 12.01am (WST) on Thursday December 3^rd 2009.

In cinemas December 3^rd, rated PG.