Help Which TV box to buy and root

[Freedomheart]

My questions a bit loaded and I don't know what I'm doing, tho in my past experiences I can navigate through stuff pretty well with instructions lol.

I want to purchase a ROOTED TV box from a guy who is selling the boxes already rooted with everything you would need to run it to watch free TV/sports/movies ect and it self updates. He is asking about 250$ for them.

Tho I'm wondering if I can buy a box myself and root it and install all the nessisary apps I'll need to get the full experiance out of it or is this guys deal a really good one?

Which box is the best?
How do I root it myself?
And what are the best apps I'll need?

Thank you anyone who is willing to help me out

 

[mikedt]

I would be very careful about using one of these boxes that streams/downloads movies and sports for free(pirated). As someone very recently posted on here about a copyright infringement notice they received from Universal Pictures' attorneys, because they watched Jurassic World illegally with it. And if it was repeated, could end up with a huge fine and/or jail.
http://androidforums.com/index.php?threads/994111/

 

[Freedomheart]

Oh I didn't know that this would be a no no with the availibility of these boxes and info on rooting. Good to know, thank you.
Suppose I should stop looking for one now