A display system (10, 20) comprising: a light modulator (17, 27) having a plurality of segments; a light modulator controller, said light modulator controller controlling the amount of light transmitted through said light modulator (17, 27), said light modulator controller capable of updating said light modulator (17, 27) in segments, each segment update comprising a first response time period; a backlight (14, 24, 60), said backlight (14, 24, 60) comprising a plurality of stripes (26, 62), the stripes (26, 62) having each a plurality of light emitters (64, 126); one or more backlight controllers (12, 66), said backlight controllers (12, 66) configured to control brightness levels of said light emitters (64, 126) within the stripes (26, 62) by applying pulse width modulation driving signals (74, 123), denoted by PWM driving signals (74, 123), to each stripe (26, 62), each PWM driving signal (74, 123) for each stripe (26, 62) having a first update period; wherein each one of said light modulator segments is matched spatially to one of said backlight stripes (26, 62) and further wherein said first update period is smaller than said first response time; wherein said backlight controllers (12, 66) are configured to black out said stripes (26, 62) of light emitters (64, 126) at the start of said first response time period in order to avoid displaying the update twist time of said light modulator (17, 27); wherein said backlight controllers (12, 66) are configured to control brightness levels of said light emitters (64, 126) by PWM driving signals (74, 123) having a period T, a duty cycle proportional to the brightness level, and a relative phase shift between said PWM driving signals (74, 123) of different stripes (26, 62); characterized in that said backlight controllers (12, 66) output a first set of pulse width modulation drive values, denoted by PWM drive values, within a single period T, said first set of PWM drive values representing a resolution of a first bit depth; and wherein further said stripes (26, 62) of light emitters (64, 126) are controlled by PWM driving signals (74, 123) over a plurality of periods T' such that said light emitters (64, 126) are controlled over a second set of PWM drive values, said second set of PWM drive values representing a resolution of a second bit depth, where said second bit depth is greater than said first bit depth, each period T' repeating a pulse width modulation driver cycle, denoted by PWM driver cycle, of period T multiple times such that additional levels of low luminance white light are renderable with the backlight (14, 24, 60), wherein a limit is set on the number of light emitters (64,126) that are currently turned on, and wherein the limit is a fraction of the total number of the light emitters (64, 126) of the display system (10, 20). a light modulator (17, 27) having a plurality of segments; a light modulator controller, said light modulator controller controlling the amount of light transmitted through said light modulator (17, 27), said light modulator controller capable of updating said light modulator (17, 27) in segments, each segment update comprising a first response time period; a backlight (14, 24, 60), said backlight (14, 24, 60) comprising a plurality of stripes (26, 62), the stripes (26, 62) having each a plurality of light emitters (64, 126); one or more backlight controllers (12, 66), said backlight controllers (12, 66) configured to control brightness levels of said light emitters (64, 126) within the stripes (26, 62) by applying pulse width modulation driving signals (74, 123), denoted by PWM driving signals (74, 123), to each stripe (26, 62), each PWM driving signal (74, 123) for each stripe (26, 62) having a first update period; wherein each one of said light modulator segments is matched spatially to one of said backlight stripes (26, 62) and further wherein said first update period is smaller than said first response time; wherein said backlight controllers (12, 66) are configured to black out said stripes (26, 62) of light emitters (64, 126) at the start of said first response time period in order to avoid displaying the update twist time of said light modulator (17, 27); wherein said backlight controllers (12, 66) are configured to control brightness levels of said light emitters (64, 126) by PWM driving signals (74, 123) having a period T, a duty cycle proportional to the brightness level, and a relative phase shift between said PWM driving signals (74, 123) of different stripes (26, 62);