A display system for extending a brightness dimming range of a display substrate, comprising: one or more video sources; wherein the one or more video sources are configured to generate a first video stream of a surrounding environment of an aircraft; a display device, the display device including a display substrate configured to display at least one image; and a controller communicatively coupled to the display substrate, the controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions stored in a memory, the set of program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to: generate a second video stream; wherein the second video stream is a symbology video stream configured to display data associated with the aircraft; selectively adjust a luminance level of one or more image frames of the first video stream in order to generate a first modified video steam including one or more luminance-altered image frames; selectively drop one or more image frames of the second video stream in order to generate a second modified video stream including one or more dropped image frames; wherein the controller is configured to replace the one or more image frames with black image frames to generate the one or more dropped image frames; combine the first modified video stream and the second modified video stream to generate a composite video stream; and generate one or more control signals configured to cause the display device to display the composite video stream via the display substrate. one or more video sources; wherein the one or more video sources are configured to generate a first video stream of a surrounding environment of an aircraft; a display device, the display device including a display substrate configured to display at least one image; and a controller communicatively coupled to the display substrate, the controller including one or more processors configured to execute a set of program instructions stored in a memory, the set of program instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to: generate a second video stream; wherein the second video stream is a symbology video stream configured to display data associated with the aircraft; selectively adjust a luminance level of one or more image frames of the first video stream in order to generate a first modified video steam including one or more luminance-altered image frames; selectively drop one or more image frames of the second video stream in order to generate a second modified video stream including one or more dropped image frames; wherein the controller is configured to replace the one or more image frames with black image frames to generate the one or more dropped image frames; combine the first modified video stream and the second modified video stream to generate a composite video stream; and generate one or more control signals configured to cause the display device to display the composite video stream via the display substrate. selectively adjust a luminance level of one or more image frames of the first video stream in order to generate a first modified video steam including one or more luminance-altered image frames; selectively drop one or more image frames of the second video stream in order to generate a second modified video stream including one or more dropped image frames; wherein the controller is configured to replace the one or more image frames with black image frames to generate the one or more dropped image frames; combine the first modified video stream and the second modified video stream to generate a composite video stream; and generate one or more control signals configured to cause the display device to display the composite video stream via the display substrate.