Control of a multi-view display system (1) using shutter glasses (6), in which light is provided and images are generated on a display panel (2) by modulating the light provided by a backlight (3). At least one of the timing or duty of the backlight may be controlled by a control device (50) in accordance with an amount of parallax or an amount of contrast between the images. By allowing for such control of the provided light an increase in system performance may be realized.