sentences:  Both official and standard third-party HDMI cables are compatible.For analog video, official D-Terminal (Japan only) and component (YPBPR) AV cables are available and all RF-modulator, composite, S-Video, RGB SCART and YPBPR component cables for the PlayStation and PlayStation 2 are compatible with the PlayStation 3, as they utilize the same "A/V Multi Out" port.On the audio side, AV cables connected to the "A/V Multi out" allow 2.0ch (stereo), while optical "Digital out" (TOSLINK) allows both 2.0ch (LPCM) and 5.1ch (Dolby Digital & DTS) and "HDMI out" (Ver.1.3) supports 2.0ch, 5.1ch and 7.1ch (various formats).