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Why do oversized images appear better than images that are the correct size on the web?

(This a basically the same as Pete's answer, just written from a different angle.) Because CSS "pixels" aren't really pixels anymore (and haven't been for quite a while). So what is a pixel,...
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Why do oversized images appear better than images that are the correct size on the web?

In addition to @Pete's excellent answer, it's also possible the images you are using are overcompressed. When you scale down a large image it has more information to work with and so it can appear ...
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Why do oversized images appear better than images that are the correct size on the web?

It's most likely due to viewing images on retina and high density screens. Before the introduction of Retina-class displays, the average screen density was far lower. Web-based images included enough ...
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