HEAD-UP DISPLAY UNIT ADAPTED TO HIGH WORKING TEMPERATURES AND HIGH BACKLIGHT INTENSITY

A head-up display unit with a picture generating unit for creating an image to be displayed as a virtual image to a viewer and an optical unit for projecting the image to be displayed towards an eyebox is disclosed. The picture generating unit comprises a liquid crystal layer, a front polarizer, a back polarizer and a reflective polarizer. The reflective polarizer is arranged upstream the front polarizer and downstream the liquid crystal layer.