A method for driving a display device, comprising:
- a step for lighting a first light source and turning off other light sources to illuminate a first row of pixels of a liquid crystal panel and setting in a prescribed direction the orientation of liquid crystal molecules in said first row of pixels;
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- a step for lighting a second light source and turning off other light sources to illuminate a second row of pixels of a liquid crystal panel and setting in a prescribed direction the orientation of liquid crystal molecules in said second row of pixels.