Patent ID: 7361390

Claim:
A liquid crystal panel comprising: a liquid crystal cell including a liquid crystal layer containing homogeneously aligned liquid crystal molecules in the absence of an electric field; a polarizer arranged on both sides of the liquid crystal cell; a first optical element arranged between one polarizer and the liquid crystal cell; and a second optical element arranged between the other polarizer and the liquid crystal cell, wherein: the first optical element comprises a retardation film containing a norbornene-based resin, has a refractive index profile of nx >nz >ny, and satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2); and the second optical element has substantially optical isotropy: 240 nm≦ Re[ 590]≦350 nm (1) 0.20 ≦Rth[ 590 ]/Re[ 590]≦0.80 (2).