A display device configured to display stereoscopic images, the display device comprising: a display unit configured to display said stereoscopic images by alternately displaying, in a time-division manner within one frame period, left-eye images and right-eye images corresponding, respectively, to left-eye and right-eye shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R) that carry out opening and closing operation at timings that differ from each other, consecutive ones of said left-eye images and right-eye images displayed within said one frame period having parallax therebetween, and said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images being displayed in respective display periods obtained by time-dividing said one frame period; and a shutter controller configured to set a respective one of the shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R) to an opened state in a display period of the image corresponding to the respective one of the shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R), and variably control a start time of an opened-state period of the shutter mechanism (6L, 6R); and a video processor, wherein the display unit is configured to display by writing a video signal while line-sequentially scanning a display screen, characterized in that: the video processor is configured to detect at least one of: a profile of an amount of the parallax between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along a direction of the scanning, and a profile of contrast between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along the direction of the scanning; and the shutter controller is configured to set the start time of the opened-state period, based on one of the profile of the amount of parallax and the profile of the contrast, so that, at the location of maximum parallax or maximum contrast along the direction of the scanning, a displayed luminance obtained in the opened-state period is a target luminance for said location. a display unit configured to display said stereoscopic images by alternately displaying, in a time-division manner within one frame period, left-eye images and right-eye images corresponding, respectively, to left-eye and right-eye shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R) that carry out opening and closing operation at timings that differ from each other, consecutive ones of said left-eye images and right-eye images displayed within said one frame period having parallax therebetween, and said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images being displayed in respective display periods obtained by time-dividing said one frame period; and a shutter controller configured to set a respective one of the shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R) to an opened state in a display period of the image corresponding to the respective one of the shutter mechanisms (6L, 6R), and variably control a start time of an opened-state period of the shutter mechanism (6L, 6R); and a video processor, wherein the display unit is configured to display by writing a video signal while line-sequentially scanning a display screen, characterized in that: the video processor is configured to detect at least one of: a profile of an amount of the parallax between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along a direction of the scanning, and a profile of contrast between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along the direction of the scanning; and the video processor is configured to detect at least one of: a profile of an amount of the parallax between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along a direction of the scanning, and a profile of contrast between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along the direction of the scanning; and a profile of an amount of the parallax between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along a direction of the scanning, and a profile of contrast between said consecutive left-eye images and right-eye images along the direction of the scanning; and the shutter controller is configured to set the start time of the opened-state period, based on one of the profile of the amount of parallax and the profile of the contrast, so that, at the location of maximum parallax or maximum contrast along the direction of the scanning, a displayed luminance obtained in the opened-state period is a target luminance for said location.