Liquid crystal display unit with conductive light-shielding member having substantially the same potential as common electrode

A liquid crystal display unit comprising:

• a first substrate and a second substrate disposed to face each other;
• a liquid crystal having a negative dielectric anisotropy disposed between said first substrate and said second substrate;
• a common electrode on the first substrate;
• a first alignment film on the first substrate, the first alignment film having a pretilt angle of 90°±1° and not rubbed, said common electrode and said first alignment film being sequentially disposed on a surface of said first substrate facing said second substrate;
• a plurality of pixel electrodes on said second substrate to cover a display area of said liquid crystal;
• a conductive light-shielding member disposed on said second substrate and positioned around each of said plurality of pixel electrodes in a non-display area of said liquid crystal while being electrically insulated from said pixel electrode, said conductive light-shielding member being continuously grounded;
• a second alignment film having a pretilt angle of 90°±1° and not rubbed, the second alignment film being disposed on said pixel electrodes and on said conductive light-shielding members, the first and second alignment films inducing a long axis of molecules of the liquid crystal to be aligned perpendicularly to a thickness direction of the alignment films when an electric field is not applied between said common electrode and said pixel electrode.