Display device

A display device comprising:

• first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap;
• a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates;
• a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate;
• scanning lines to which control pulses for providing write timing of a signal potential are applied, the scanning lines extending in a first direction;
• signal lines to which the signal potential is applied;
• and
• a first pixel electrode pattern and a second pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate,
• wherein
• the first pixel electrode pattern and the second pixel electrode pattern respectively include:
• a plurality of elongated electrode branches having lengths greater than widths and formed in a pixel region surrounded by the scanning lines and signal lines;
• and
• a plurality of elongated slits having lengths greater than widths and formed between the electrode branches in a lengthwise extending direction of the electrode branches,
• the first pixel electrode pattern and the second pixel electrode pattern are located in line symmetry with respect to a first scanning line of the scanning lines,
• an outermost elongated slit of the elongated slits in the first pixel electrode pattern overlaps the first scanning line and a second scanning line that opposes the first scanning line in a second direction crossing the first direction, and
• an outermost elongated slit of the elongated slits in the second pixel electrode pattern overlaps the first scanning line and a third scanning line that opposes the first scanning line in the second direction.