Patent ID: 8350999

Claim:
A liquid-crystal display device comprising: a front-side polarizing element, a rear-side polarizing element, a liquid-crystal cell disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the rear-side polarizing element, a front-side retardation region composed of one or more retardation layers disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the liquid-crystal cell, and a rear-side retardation region composed of one or more retardation layers disposed between the rear-side polarizing element and the liquid-crystal cell, wherein: retardation along the thickness direction at a visible light wavelength λ nm of the front-side retardation region and the rear-side retardation region, Rth front (λ) and Rth rear (λ), and the internal haze of the front-side retardation region and the rear-side retardation region, Hz fron and Hz rear , satisfy following formula (1) or(2): Rth front (λ)> Rth rear (λ), and Hz front <Hz rear , (1) Rth front (λ)< Rth rear (λ), and Hz fron >Hz rear . (2)