PAL
Phase Alternation Line (PAL) is the analog television display used in Europe. PAL is one of three main standards along with NTSC and SECAM. One of the main differences in NTSC and PAL is that PAL scans the cathode ray tube 625 times as opposed to the 525 scan lines of an NTSC broadcast, which improves the image quality a tiny bit. Color variations exist between the two as well.

PC Input
This is an input connection that can accept a connection directly from a PC or laptop.

PDP
Plasma Display Panel

Picture-In-Picture
This is the capability of a television to display multiple video streams on the same monitor. Many manufactures do this slightly differently, but the resulting effect is that you can watch two programs at the same time.

PIP
See 'Picture-In-Picture'

Pitch Screen
Pitch Screen or Screen Pitch refers to the amount a space between the pixels on your display. Screen Pitch is almost always represented by millimeters, such as 0.15 mm or 0.25 mm.

Progressive
HDTV is scanned in two different ways, one being progressive and the other being interlaced. Progressive scanning is done the way you would expect a TV image to be shown. Each horizontal line is displayed right after the previous one. The lines are scanned in order from top to bottom so that it goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and so on. This means the image is displayed in one pass instead of two as it is done with interlaced scanning.

Promise Module Technology
This is the technology being developed by Mitsubishi that enables the upgradeability of equipment to be compatible with HDTV receiver-decoders, IEEE 1394 networking, 5C copy protection and HAVi software.

Protective Screen
A transparent cover that goes on the front of your TV or monitor that protects the screen from the elements. Usually the protective screen does not change the viewed image at all, but some say that it does hurt the overall viewing experience.

Pull-Down
3-2 pull-down