Abstract: System and method of implementing a channel change in an Internet Protocol Television (“IPTV”) system are described. In one embodiment, method comprises steps of, responsive to a channel change request, decoding and displaying a video stream of a requested channel, wherein the displayed video stream has a resolution quality less than a normal resolution quality; increasing the resolution quality of the displayed video stream by an incremental amount ?R; and subsequent to the increasing, determining whether the resolution quality of the displayed video stream is equal to the normal resolution quality and, responsive to a negative determination, repeating the increasing and determining.