Patent ID: 7872716

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a pair of polarizing films, a liquid crystal cell between the pair of polarizing films; and an optical film between one of the polarizing films and the liquid crystal cell, the optical film comprising a first optical anisotropic layer and a second optical anisotropic layer, wherein the first optical anisotropic layer has an optical property satisfying expression (7), and the second optical anisotropic layer has an optical property satisfying expression (8): Re 1 (450) /Re 1 (650)<1.25 (7) 2≦(Δ(550) ×d ) /Rth 2 (550)≦5 (8) wherein Re 1 (450) and Re 1 (650) represent in-plane retardation values of the first optical anisotropic layer 1 at a wavelength of 450 nm and 650 nm, respectively, Δn (550) represents a birefringence of a liquid crystal molecule in the liquid crystal cell at a wavelength of 550 nm; d represents a thickness of the liquid crystal cell; and Rth 2 (550) represents a thickness-direction retardation value of the second optical anisotropic layer at a wavelength of 550 nm, and the first optical anisotropic layer has one of a ratio of Re 1 (40°) to Re 1 (−40°) of from 3 to 20 and a ratio of Re 1 (40°) to Re 1 (−40°) of from 1/20 to 1/3, wherein Re 1 (40°) is an in-plane retardation measured at a wavelength of 550 nm and a swing angle of +40° with a slow axis of the first optical anisotropic layer as a swing axis, and Re 1 (−40°) is an in-plane retardation measured at a wavelength of 550 nm and a swing angle of −40° with a slow axis of the first optical anisotropic layer as a swing axis.