Abstract: A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel that exploits a shutter effect of a liquid crystal layer includes an antiglare film placed behind the touch panel as seen by the viewer. The antiglare film fulfills the following three conditions: 0.3<Ra≦0.4; 50<Sm≦80; and 5≦H≦20; where Ra represents the center-line mean roughness (&mgr;m) of the surface of the antiglare film, Sm represents the irregularity interval (&mgr;m) of the surface, and H represents the haze value (%).

Abstract: A sufficiently wide viewing angle characteristic is obtained while a sufficient front contrast is ensured. With respect to the light transmitted by a polarizing plate and a phase difference plate before exiting from a liquid crystal display device, the viewing angle in the 12-6 o'clock direction is improved by a phase difference plate. By a light diffusing plate, a sufficient front contrast is ensured by causing the light to exit in the direction of the normal and the light is diffused in the 9-3 o'clock direction where the viewing angle is not improved by the phase difference plate. In the case where the light diffusing plate has a double refractivity, the liquid crystal display apparatus is arranged so that the light is transmitted by the light diffusing plate after transmitted by a polarizing plate.