Hybrid alignment type liquid crystal display

A liquid crystal display comprising:

• a pair of substrates disposed in parallel with a gap therebetween;
• a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between said pair of substrates, said liquid crystal layer containing liquid crystal molecules;
• electrodes respectively formed on facing surfaces of said pair of substrates for applying an electric field to said liquid crystal layer with respect to each pixel of the liquid crystal display;
• a first alignment film formed on the surface of one of said pair of substrates and covering the electrodes formed thereon, said first alignment film aligning the liquid crystal molecules in a direction generally vertical to a plane of said one of said pair of substrates;
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• a second alignment film formed on the surface of the other of said pair of substrates and covering the electrodes formed thereon, said second alignment film aligning the liquid crystal molecules in a direction generally parallel to the plane of said other of said pair of substrates and giving a pre-tilt to the liquid crystal molecules;
• wherein an area corresponding to each pixel on said second alignment film is divided into a plurality of domains each having a single easy direction, and at least two domains in the pixel area have different easy directions;
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• wherein the easy directions of said two domains are different by 180 degrees, and the liquid crystal display further comprises a pair of polarizers disposed outside of said pair of substrates such that polarizing axes of said pair of polarizers intersect at a right angle and such that an angle between each of the easy directions of said two domains and the polarizing axes of each polarizer is approximately 45 degrees.