Fire TV on sale right now for $84. It was on sale on Staple for $74 a while
back.
Of course, Fire TV stick is on sale for $19 a while.
The difference to me that Fire TV has ethernet connection while Fire TV
Stick only has wifi connection. In general ethernet connection has better
performance.
You can side loaded shafa app stores and get apps from that. VST, Togic,
PPTV and any Chinese tv android apps.