As of c172a65, the default downsampling kernel in mpv has been changed to --dscale=hermite to match libplacebo's defaults.
c172a65
--dscale=hermite
The rationale behind this change is explained in this talk from VDD 2023:
WATCH: Faster (and better) GPU (down)scaling in libplacebo by Niklas Haas (haasn)
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