Patent ID: 8395727

Claim:
A VA-mode liquid-crystal display device comprising a front-side polarizing element, a rear-side polarizing element, a VA-mode liquid-crystal cell disposed between the front-side polarizing element and the rear-side polarizing element, and a first retardation region comprising one or more retardation layers between the rear-side polarizing element and the VA-mode liquid-crystal cell, wherein the first retardation region satisfies the following formulae: 0 nm≦ Re (590)≦10 nm, and | Rth (590)≦25 nm, wherein Re(λ) means retardation (nm) in plane at a wavelength λnm, and Rth(λ) means retardation (nm) along the thickness direction at a wavelength λnm, and wherein the VA-mode liquid-crystal cell comprises a front-side substrate and a rear-side substrate, and the ratio of the member-contrast ratio of the front-side substrate CR f to the member-contrast ratio of the rear-side substrate CR r , CR f /CR r , is equal to or more than 3.