In a dark environment, when a backlight 119 is lighted, white light emitted from the surface of a light guide plate 118 passes through a polarizing plate 107 and a phase plate 108 and, further, passes through a transflective plate 111 and a transparent electrode 116 provided on the inner surface of a substrate 102 before it is introduced into a liquid crystal layer 3. At least one of the individual panels is comprised of an integral laminated stack of individual layers of composite and metal construction. The base connector is of a shape to be surface-mounted on a printed circuit board.