A matrix display system includes an active matrix display device having an array of liquid crystal picture elements (pixel) with associated switches using thin film transistors (TFT). The pixels are arranged in groups, each having two pixels and switched by two complementary TFTs. The n-channel TFTs are switched on by a positive pulse and the p-channel TFTs are switched on by a negative pulse. The two switching signals are alternately fed from a row conductor which feeds both the n-channel TFTs and the p-channel TFTs on the same row. Each group of the two TFTs are addressed via the same row conductor and the same column conductor, which carries the data signal. In this way, either the number of row conductors are reduced by one half or the number of column conductors are reduced by one half.