Amazon’s Fire TV lineup has gone from a perfectly simple concept—a stick that streams video—to a corporate naming convention nightmare.

There’s the HD, the 4K Select, the 4K Plus, the 4K Max, and the Cube. Clear as mud.

Let’s try to make sense of this lineup, shall we?

The Fire TV Stick HD is your entry point. It handles 1080p, and that’s pretty much the whole story. It works fine for an older TV—the kind you put in the guest room or the garage.

At $25, it’s cheap, it’s simple, and it’s a little slow, both performance-wise and thanks to its aging Wi-Fi 5 chipset.

If you have a 4K television, walk past this one and don’t look back. If you insist on buying it, wait for a sale. They happen often.

Ah, the “Select.” This is Amazon’s latest attempt to offer a budget 4K option.

Yes, it does 4K,........

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