Patent ID: 8619201

Claim:
A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal display (LCD) module comprising a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a backlight unit; a signal processing unit which is mounted on a rear surface of the LCD module, and performs video decoding, video scaling, and conversion of an input video into high quality video; a driving unit which includes a printed circuit board mounted on the rear surface of the LCD module such that the printed circuit board is oriented substantially parallel to the LCD panel, is connected to the signal processing unit, is disposed closer to a lower end of the LCD apparatus than to an upper end of the LCD apparatus, and drives the LCD panel to display a video output from the signal processing unit on the LCD panel; and a shield bracket mounted to the rear surface of the LCD module such that the driving unit is located between the shield bracket and the rear surface of the LCD module, wherein the video signal output from the signal processing unit is directly transferred to the driving unit through a cable, and wherein the shield bracket partially covers the printed circuit board of the driving unit such that the cable transferring the video signal and connected between the driving unit and the signal processing unit is uncovered by the shield bracket.