ILLUMINATOR, IMAGE DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME, LIQUID CRYSTAL TELEVISION, LIQUID CRYSTAL MONITOR, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL INFORMATION TERMINAL

摘要

An image display (1) comprising an illuminator (100), a liquid crystal display element (304), and drive means for varying the transmittance of the liquid crystal display element (304) according to an image signal, wherein when the liquid crystal elements (304) displays a white image over the entire screen, the transmittance varies with the viewing angle in a predetermined direction of the screen of the liquid crystal display element (304) and has a maximum at a viewing angle other than 0 DEG and its neighborhood, and the illuminator (100) emits light the intensity of which emitted at a viewing angle of 0 DEG or its neighborhood is stronger than that of light emitted at the viewing angle at which the transmittance is the maximum.