Patent ID: 7599028

Claim:
A liquid crystal display comprising a polarizing film A, a polarizing film B, and a vertical alignment mode liquid crystal cell provided between the polarizing films A and B, one or more cellulose ester films A being provided between the polarizing film A and the liquid crystal cell, and one or more cellulose ester films B being provided between the polarizing film B and the liquid crystal cell, wherein the following inequalities are satisfied in the liquid crystal display: 60 nm≦Σ R 0≦120 nm 100 nm≦Σ R 0≦300 nm where ΣR0=ΣR0(A)+ΣR0(B), and ΣRt=ΣRt(A)+ΣRt(B), ΣR0(A) being the sum of retardation in plane of each of the one or more cellulose ester films A, ΣR0(B) being the sum of retardation in plane of each of the one or more cellulose ester films B, ΣRt(A) being the sum of retardation in the thickness direction of each of the one or more cellulose ester films A, and ΣRt(B) being the sum of retardation in the thickness direction of each of the one or more cellulose esters film B, and wherein at least one of the one or more cellulose ester films A and the one or more cellulose ester films B is a mixed fatty acid cellulose ester film, the mixed fatty acid cellulose ester film has a total acyl substitution degree of from 1.5 to 2.8 and an acetyl substitution degree of less than 2.0.