Patent ID: 8879030

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a pair of substrates; a pair of O-type polarizers arranged to sandwich the pair of substrates, respectively; a liquid crystal layer held between the pair of substrates; an E-compensator, having a transmittance from 81% to 85%, disposed adjacently to one of the substrates, the E-compensator being located between of the pair of O-type polarizers; a light source unit arranged externally to the pair of the O-type polarizers; and a group of electrodes being disposed to at least one of the pair of substrates and serving to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, wherein each of the pair of O-type polarizers includes an absorption axis along with an extraordinary wave axis of molecules constituting the O-type polarizers, wherein the E-compensator is formed on at least one of the pair of substrates and wherein the E-compensator contains a dichroic dye having a disc-form molecular structure, the E-compensator having a transmission axis aligned with the extraordinary wave axis of molecules, and wherein the transmission axis of the E-compensator substantially in parallel with a transmission axis of one of the pair of O-type polarizers in proximity to the dye contained in the E-compensator, wherein the E-type compensator is made of a dichroic dye, wherein a thickness of the E-type compensator is from 50 nm to 80 nm, wherein the E-type compensator is disposed on a side adjacent to the light source unit.