A liquid crystal display device that can prevent optical sheets from being
damaged and wrinkled by a panel guide. In the device, a backlight
assembly radiates a light onto the liquid crystal panel. A panel guide is
provided between the backlight assembly and the liquid crystal panel to
support the liquid crystal panel. A pad is provided between the panel
guide and the backlight assembly to maintain a distance between the panel
guide and the backlight assembly and to shut off a heat and a foreign
substance flowing into the liquid crystal panel.