According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source unit and a control unit. The control unit sets a display area to a second transparent state in which a degree of transparency is higher than a degree of transparency of a first transparent state in a reset period. The control unit displays an image in an object area, sets a non-object area to the first transparent state and holds a non-rewrite area in the second transparent state in a rewrite period. The gate driver drives second gate lines at a second drive frequency higher than a first drive frequency at which the gate driver drives first gate lines or selectively drives the first gate lines in the rewrite period.