Patent ID: 8054399

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal display panel; and a backlight disposed at the back of the liquid crystal display panel, wherein the backlight includes a frame member which is of a rectangular box shape, a plurality of fluorescent lamps, disposed inside the frame member, each of which includes an electrode at either end, a first lamp cable for supplying lighting power to one of the electrodes of each fluorescent lamp, a second lamp cable for supplying lighting power to the other electrode of each fluorescent lamp, and a cable guide which, being disposed along an inside long-side edge of the frame member, holds the first and second lamp cables, wherein the cable guide includes a first opening through which the first and second lamp cables are led out, and wherein the frame member includes a second opening through which the first and second lamp cables led out from the cable guide are led out to the exterior of the frame member.