Patent ID: 8125596

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a first polarizer, a first substrate on which a color filter is provided, a liquid crystal layer as a display medium, a second substrate on which a color filter is not provided, an optical compensation element including an optical compensation layer, and a second polarizer in this order from a viewer side to a backlight side, wherein the color filter is arranged on a viewer side and the optical compensation element is arranged on a backlight side, wherein the optical compensation layer is the only optical compensation layer of the liquid crystal display apparatus, wherein the liquid crystal cell employs one of a VA mode and an OCB mode, wherein the optical compensation layer has a refractive index profile of nx>ny>nz, wherein the optical compensation layer has an in-plane retardation Δnd of 5 nm or more and 400 nm or less, and a thickness direction retardation Rth of 10 nm or more and 1,000 nm or less, wherein the optical compensation layer has a thickness of 1 to 20 μm and wherein the optical compensation layer is a monolayer.