Patent ID: 8013967

Claim:
A liquid crystal display, 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; a compensation film comprised of at least one of a uniaxial film and a biaxial film, the compensation film being disposed between one of the substrates and the respective polarizing plate attached thereto; and a liquid crystal material disposed in a gap between the first and second substrates and having liquid crystal molecules which are homeotropically aligned with respect to the first and second substrates when no electric field is applied to the liquid crystal material, wherein each pixel is defined by a plurality of domains, the domains being distinguished by an alignment direction of most liquid crystal molecules included therein when an electric field is applied to the liquid crystal material, wherein a polarization direction of at least one of the polarizing plates is perpendicular to a side direction of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, and wherein the alignment directions of all the domains form oblique angles with respect to one of the polarization directions of the polarizing plates.