The ability to stream movies and other content to your TV is relatively commonplace thanks to set top boxes such as the Roku 3, Apple TV, gaming consoles that support streaming, and built-in functionality that comes with many of today's Blu-ray players and TVs. Even so, there's always room for additional competition, right? Amazon believes there is, and recently launched its Fire TV to prove it.

Amazon Fire TV provides access to a number of popular services including Netflix, Amazon Prime Instant Video, Hulu Plus, WatchESPN, Showtime Anytime, Pandora, tunein, YouTube, Vimeo, Crackle, and much more. You can also rent videos, view photos, stream music, and play games using the Fire TV.

However, recognizing there's is plenty of competition from other streaming boxes, Amazon has managed to differentiate its Fire TV in a few ways...