Method and device for displaying images

The invention discloses a method and device for displaying images and belongs to the technical field of computers. The method comprises: acquiring display definition information of an image to be displayed; determining a target image compression ratio corresponding to the display definition information of the image to be displayed, according to a pre-stored corresponding relation between the display definition information and an image compression ratio; according to the target image compression ratio, compressing display data of the image to be displayed, transmitting the compressed display data to a display device for displaying. By using the method, the amount of data to be transmitted during image displaying can be reduced, enabling a reduction in power consumption for image displaying.