LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE

A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first and second LCD panels having a plurality of first and second gate lines. A backlight is on a side of the first LCD panel such that the first LCD panel is adjacent the backlight and between the second LCD panel and the backlight. The backlight includes a plurality of rows of light sources. A driving circuit supplies a drive signal to the light sources. A controller scans the plurality of first and second gate lines. The controller controls the driving circuit to illuminate a first row of the light sources after the scan of a first set of the plurality of first or second gate lines. The controller controls the driving circuit to not illuminate the first row of the light sources until the scan of a second set of the plurality of first or second gate lines is completed.