Video display device

A video display device comprising:

• a display panel including a polarizer, and configured to display an image;
• and
• a liquid crystal panel, including:
• a first transparent substrate, a first electrode, a first interlayer insulating film, a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer, a third electrode, a second interlayer insulating film, a fourth electrode, and a second transparent substrate, arranged in this stated order,
• a set of electrodes A arranged at intervals in a plan view,
• an electrode B arranged opposite the set of electrodes A, wherein the set of electrodes A and the electrode B are arranged between the first and second transparent substrates, with the liquid crystal layer arranged between the set of electrodes A and the electrode B, and
• a voltage application unit configured to apply a voltage between the set of electrodes A and the electrode B, wherein at least one of the second electrode or the third electrode comprises the set of electrodes A, and at least one of the first electrode or the fourth electrode comprises the electrode B, the voltage application unit comprising:
• a first voltage application unit configured to apply a first voltage between the second electrode and the fourth electrode, and
• a second voltage application unit configured to apply a second voltage between the first electrode and third electrode,
• wherein:
• the polarizer is arranged opposite the liquid crystal panel on a display panel side of the liquid crystal panel,
• the liquid crystal layer is a guest-host liquid crystal layer that contains a dichroic dye and liquid crystal molecules, and that includes overlapping regions overlapping the set of electrodes A, and non-overlapping regions that do not overlap the set of electrodes A, and
• a transmission axis of the polarizer is substantially vertical to an initial alignment direction of the liquid crystal molecules in the plan view.