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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-59248</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT TO<BR>
FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Under</I></B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>The Securities Act of 1933</I></B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>HARMONIC INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>549 Baltic Way<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089<BR>
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>1999 Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Robin N. Dickson<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Harmonic Inc.<BR>
549 Baltic Way<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089<BR>
(408)&nbsp;542-2500<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8px"><I>Copies to:</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8px"><B>Jeffrey D. Saper<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304<BR>
(650)&nbsp;493-9300</B>


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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Signatures</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">This post-effective amendment to the registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-59248) hereby
reflects the transfer from the Harmonic Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) 1999
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan (the &#147;1999 Plan&#148;) to the Registrant&#146;s 1995
Stock Plan (the &#147;1995 Stock Plan&#148;) of up to 2,985,129 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) that have been previously registered
and were available for issuance pursuant to the 1999 Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant has previously registered its Common Stock for issuance under
the 1999 Plan on (i)&nbsp;the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, dated September&nbsp;7, 1999
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-86649), registering 200,000 shares of Common Stock; (ii)
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, dated August&nbsp;7, 2000
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-43160), registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock;
(iii)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, dated April&nbsp;19, 2001
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-59248), registering 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock; and
(iv)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8, dated June&nbsp;5, 2003
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-105873), registering 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">On April&nbsp;13, 2004, the Board of Directors of the Registrant adopted by
unanimous written consent a resolution approving the transfer from the 1999
Plan to the 1995 Stock Plan, of (a)&nbsp;up to 1,185,129 shares of Common Stock that
have been registered and which remained available for issuance under the 1999
Plan as of April&nbsp;7, 2004; and (b)&nbsp;up to 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock
subject to outstanding options, to the extent such options expire, that have
been registered and remained available for issuance under the 1999 Plan. At
the Registrant&#146;s May&nbsp;27, 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the Registrant&#146;s
stockholders approved, among other things, the transfer of shares of Common
Stock from the 1999 Plan to the 1995 Stock Plan as described above.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Registrant is filing a registration statement on Form S-8, also dated the
date hereof, which registers additional shares of Common Stock for the 1995
Stock Plan and the Registrant&#146;s 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and such
registration statement acknowledges the transfer of up to 2,985,129 registered
shares of Common Stock from the 1999 Plan to the 1995 Stock Plan.


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this
post-effective amendment to the registration statement on Form
S-8)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this post-effective amendment to the
registration statement on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto, duly authorized, in the City of Sunnyvale, State of
California, on June&nbsp;14, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">HARMONIC INC.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Anthony J. Ley</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Anthony J. Ley</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Chairman, President &#038; Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Anthony J. Ley and Robin N. Dickson,
jointly and severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of
substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
post-effective amendment to the registration statement on Form S-8, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Anthony J. Ley<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Anthony J. Ley)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman, President &#038; Chief
Executive<br> Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robin N. Dickson<BR>
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(Robin N. Dickson)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Floyd Kvamme<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(E. Floyd Kvamme)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William Reddersen<BR>
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(William Reddersen)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Lewis Solomon<BR>
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(Lewis Solomon)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Michel L. Vaillaud<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
(Michel L. Vaillaud)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ David Van Valkenburg<BR>
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(David Van Valkenburg)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 14, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this
post-effective amendment to the registration statement on Form
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-effective
amendment to Form S-8 Registration Statement of our report dated March&nbsp;5, 2004,
relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedule of
Harmonic Inc., which appear in Harmonic Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<BR>
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<BR>
San Jose, California<BR>
June&nbsp;11, 2004



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