Liquid crystal display device, polarizer and protective film

A display device comprising a first polarizer, a liquid crystal cell, a second polarizer, and a backlight source, wherein

• the liquid crystal cell has a light-outgoing side and a light-incoming side,
• the first polarizer is disposed on the light-outgoing side of the liquid crystal cell,
• the first polarizer comprises (a) a first polarizing film and (b) a first protective film laminated on the light-outgoing side of the first polarizing film,
• the second polarizer is disposed on the light-incoming side of the liquid crystal cell,
• the second polarizer comprises (a) a second polarizing film and (b) a second protective film laminated on the light-incoming side of the second polarizing film,
• the first protective film optionally is an oriented film having an in-plane retardation of 3,215 nm or more and less than 10,000 nm and a ratio of in-plane retardation to thickness-direction retardation (Re/Rth) of 0.5 to 2.0,
• the second protective film is an oriented film having an in-plane retardation of 3,215 nm or more and less than 10,000 nm and a ratio of in-plane retardation to thickness-direction retardation (Re/Rth) of 0.5 to 2.0, and
• no oriented film having an in-plane retardation of 3,215 to 30,000 nm is disposed between the light-incoming side of the first polarizing film and the light-outgoing side of the second polarizing film.