Uh, you're right. And 16:9 actually loses less data via cropping for a 3:2 image than a 4:3 screen would, though it's a lot in either case: 10.42% vs. 16.7% of the original image is lost. For reference, though, cropping a 4:3 image to 16:9 loses 18.75% of the image.
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