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> The source of production and viewing outlet is less relevant than 10 years ago.

I couldn't agree more.

My living room tv is a 65" 4K monitor. It cost me around $999 during sales.

The perceived size of that screen at such a low distance gives the impression of looking at a bigger screen that the one at the local cinema.

We watch Netflix on it using two pairs of high quality headphones.

This results in a better viewing experience than going to the cinema. If I really felt like going there, I would simply burn some butter in a pan and play some crying children sounds in the background.

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And next up, plausibly even better ways to simulate massive viewing at home via virtual reality tech getting perpetually better.

Obviously home projection tech is amazing now as well, if one wants to leave the glass behind.

A 110" wide powered projector screen and a decent 1080p projector will run you less than $1000.

I did my full setup for about $730 with an Optoma HD27. Have not used the TV since.

I did the same when I moved into a smaller 1 bedroom and had to choose between having a television or my small apartment woodshop. It's been great.

That does not sound great for your lungs.

That's why we have respirators.

As long as the apartment wood shop isn't heavily used for sanding, it will be fine. I have a full garage woodshop and still do sanding out in the front yard, even in the winter. I built a bar top and did the sanding in the garage; was brushing sawdust off of everything in there for weeks.

I don’t really like giving out healthcare advice on the Internet. But also... I feel bad for folks being harmed. I’m an amateur woodworker and a non-amateur medical professional, so I’ve looked into this topic for my own self. Putting on the n95 while you’re sanding isn’t sufficient in that sort of environment.

But I’d really rather you didn’t take my word for it: perhaps you’d consider reaching out to a pulmonologist with experience in carpenters’ occupational lung diseases, and get their take on it?

Spoken, honestly, as one stranger wishing another no harm.

Is there a particulate size where a respirator becomes necessary in woodworking vs a dust mask? Like, above 120 grit you should really have a respirator on? I'm probably not as concerned about wood dust as I should be, so this is interesting to me.

I don't use the n95's, I use the dual filter half mask respirators.

Similar to this: http://a.co/1jM2zu6

That’s still N95 with respect to particulate filtration. P95, to split hairs, but equivalent with respect to the topic at hand.

I used to use my Oculus Rift in Virtual Desktop to watch movies before I purchased that huge screen. It was really nice, but the physical world is still better.

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