According to Huang Yu-chen, the abuse of on-the-scene reporting stems from having "hardware competition." He says that two years ago the economy was still doing pretty well, and stations all rushed to buy new reporting equipment. One station bought 12 SNGs, and another that was more recently established bought ten, all in one go.
現場連線濫用的原因在，「硬體容易競賽」，黃玉振分析，兩年前台灣經濟還算景氣時，大家爭著採購機器設備，某台有十二台 SNG，之後成立的新電視台也一口氣買了十台。