DJ's = Disc Jockeys
Laptops = Lap Jockeys - No thank you
On a more serious note... if Ernie calls himself a 2nd league dj, where does that put me right down there some where, but I personally love to play original vinyl..
I don't have big money records as I have a mortgage to pay.. but I do have a box of decent tunes and every record I buy I buy to dj with.. torn labels, bit scuffed but plays fine "good to dj with" etc.. but all 100% original.
When I am out I don't need to discuss the original v Boot and now MP3 format. why because I play what I feel is right for me no one else.. I know most the dancers don't care, some venues may not care but unfortunatly when I dj I do.. its my own standards no one elses, i'm not showing it off but it is my collection and i'm proud of it.. (some is shite I admit that)
I always think as long as the dj playing his or her set is happy with what format they are playing it on then that is up to them.. but I do feel when some one who is playing boots (now mp3's) and they try to justify it to me they are not doing it because I care, they are trying to explain it to thier self..
Saying this I do think there should be CD players at venues if a track has come out on CD and not on vinyl.. not that I carry them but dj's should get the choice, just so the music moves on...