Patent ID: 8546808

Claim:
A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate; a second substrate; a vertical alignment type liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a plurality of picture element regions each defined by a first electrode provided on a face of the first substrate facing the liquid crystal layer and a second electrode provided on the second substrate so as to oppose the first electrode via the liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, wherein the first electrode includes a solid portion formed from a conducting film and a nonsolid portion not including a conducting film, in each of the plurality of picture element regions, a pair of polarizing plates respectively provided outside of the first substrate and the second substrate and disposed with polarization axes thereof crossing each other substantially perpendicularly, the polarization axis of one of the polarizing plates is substantially parallel to a direction in which the solid portion extends, and when a voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, in each of the plurality of picture element regions, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are in a radially-inclined orientation state.