Do you have to?! What if you don't have ANY HD tv's OR if you dont have any tv's with HDMI cable connection... will you be able to play?!

No, but the picture quality is just improved if you do to look sharper. But you can totally play with out a HDTV and it still looks fine.

nope it comes with standard A/V plugs works just like ps2 and if u upgrade ure tv all u need to buy is a HDMI cable

Not really because the PS3 has awesome graphis even if its not connected to an HDTV
besides HDMI just bunches the wires into one cable to lessen the mess

long story short

HDTV is NOT needed to play PS3

no, you dont, the ps3 comes with red/white/yellow cables for the audio/video
it is best with an hdmi cable and an hdtv, but you can still play them without that

It IS best with HD but you dont NEED it to play PS3

You will still be able to game on your regular Tv but just don't expect to see great graphics. The graphics look great on a regular tv but trust me once you go HD the graphics on a SDTV looks so jaggy and blurry and all the text is so unclear to read.

But don't worry i you don't have a HDTV you will see what next gen graphics are about. It's just that you won't see it to it's fullest potential.

If you don't have an HDTV but what to get the HD experience you can always use a LCD HDCP PC Monitor.

All you need is a DVI to HDMI cable and just connect the HDMI part to your PS# and the DVI to your monitor.

However, DVI doesn't carry sound so just one of those RCA adapter and plug the red and whte plugs from the PS3 av cables into it. YOu must leave the AV cable in the PS3 still though