Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a polarizing plate protective film and liquid crystal display device comprising same whereby the generation of egg-shaped blur in a liquid crystal display device (especially an IPS liquid crystal display device) can still be limited even under high-temperature/high-humidity conditions. For this polarizing plate protective film, if nx is the refractive index in the X-axis direction at which the birefringence in the film surface reaches a maximum and ny is the refractive index in the Y-axis direction orthogonal to the X-axis direction in the film surface, then the birefringence under stress (nx−ny) of the film as measured at a wavelength of 589 nm when any tensile stress 5-35 MPa is applied in the X-axis direction or Y-axis direction of the film under 50 DEG C, 80% RH conditions is 0.