Patent ID: 6876419

Claim:
A liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, comprising: a first substrate having a plurality of pixels; a second substrate facing the first substrate; polarizing plates attached to outer surfaces of the first and second substrates respectively, wherein polarizing directions of the polarizing plates are either perpendicular or parallel to each other, a liquid crystal material injected into the gap between the first and second substrates, molecules of the liquid crystal material being initially aligned perpendicularly to the substrates; wherein each pixel is divided into a plurality of domains, the domains being distinguished by an average alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules included therein when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal material, wherein, on average, liquid crystal molecules located at an edge of the domains are aligned symmetrically to each other with respect to a boundary of the domains, and wherein the polarizing directions of the polarizing plates are neither parallel nor perpendicular to at least one of the average alignment directions of the liquid crystal molecules of the domains.