diff --git a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
index 1aa96ba96..b9fccef22 100644
--- a/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
+++ b/components/video/VideoPlayerView.bs
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ sub init()
     m.top.retrievingBar.filledBarBlendColor = m.global.constants.colors.blue
     m.top.bufferingBar.filledBarBlendColor = m.global.constants.colors.blue
     m.top.trickPlayBar.filledBarBlendColor = m.global.constants.colors.blue
+
+    ' set MaxVideoDecodeResolution to our TVs video resolution
+    m.top.MaxVideoDecodeResolution = [m.global.device.videoWidth, m.global.device.videoHeight]
 end sub
 
 ' handleChapterSkipAction: Handles user command to skip chapters in playing video