A display apparatus is provided with a panel to display a picture thereon. The display apparatus comprises an inverter to convert DC power into AC power. The display apparatus also includes at least one lamp unit comprising a lamp body and a lamp electrode part provided in at least one of opposite ends of the lamp body to receive an electric power. A transformer is arranged adjacent to the lamp electrode part to boost up a voltage of the electric power output from the inverter to supply the electric power with the boosted voltage as a driving power to the lamp unit.