Patent ID: 8395728

Claim:
A liquid crystal display apparatus comprising: a liquid crystal layer; a pair of substrates that are arranged opposite to each other with the liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween, each of the substrates comprising an electrode to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer; and a pair of linear polarizers that are arranged outside the pair of substrates, each of the linear polarizers selectively transmitting specific linearly-polarized light, wherein the liquid crystal layer is twist-aligned when no electric field is applied, and has a Δnd value of 300 nm or larger and 400 nm or smaller, the Δnd value being a product of a refractive anisotropy Δn and a thickness of a liquid crystal layer d in a wavelength of 550 nm, each of directions of polarizing axes of the pair of linear polarizers is substantially parallel or substantially vertical to the alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules in each end face of the liquid crystal layer that is closer to each of the linear polarizers, and the angle between the polarizing axes of the pair of linear polarizers is 85° or larger and smaller than 90°.