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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</B>
<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.
333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>

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<div align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></div>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8<br>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></div>
<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</I></B></div>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>HARMONIC INC.</B></div>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>incorporation or organization)</B>
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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>549 Baltic Way<BR>
Sunnyvale, CA 94089</B></div>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</B></DIV>


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<div align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
1995 Stock Plan<BR>
</B></div>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><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</B></div>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Name and address of agent for service, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<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></div>

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<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</div>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate Offering</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock (par value $0.001 per
share) to be issued under the Harmonic
Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$6.735</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">13,470,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,707</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock (par value $0.001 per
share) to be issued under the Harmonic
Inc. 1995 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,485,129</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$6.735</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP>(4)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">36,942,344</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2,134</TD>
    <TD align="left" nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP>(6)</SUP></TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance upon exercise of options to purchase Common Stock pursuant
to the Registrant's 2002 Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;2002 ESPP&#148;) and the Registrant's 1995 Stock Plan, each as amended (collectively, the 2002 ESPP and the 1995 Stock Plan, the &#147;Plans&#148;). Pursuant to Rule 416(a)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement is deemed to include additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock to be offered or issued pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Plans.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
being registered under this registration statement with respect to the 1995 Stock Plan includes: a) 2,500,000
shares of Common Stock newly authorized and reserved for issuance thereunder; b) up to 1,185,129 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 1999
Non-Statutory Stock Option Plan (the &#147;1999 NSSOP&#148;) that have been transferred to the 1995 Stock Plan; and c) up to 1,800,000 shares of Common Stock subject to options under the
1999 NSSOP that have been transferred to the 1995 Stock Plan, and will be reserved for issuance under the 1995 Stock Plan upon the expiration of such options.</TD>
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    <TD>The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is calculated, in part, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, and as such, is based upon the exercise price of
the shares issuable pursuant to the 2002 ESPP that are registered hereby. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share with respect to the additional 2,000,000 shares of
Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to future grants under the 2002 ESPP is estimated, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c), to be the average of the high and low
prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June&nbsp;9, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share is calculated, in part, pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, and as such, is based upon the exercise price of
the shares issuable pursuant to the 1995 Stock Plan that are
registered hereby. The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share with
respect to the additional 5,485,129
shares of Common Stock authorized and reserved for issuance pursuant to future grants under the 1995 Stock Plan is estimated, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c), to be the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market on June&nbsp;9, 2004.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Amount of Registration Fee was calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act, which states that the adjusted fee rate for fiscal 2004 shall be &#147;$126.70
per $1&nbsp;million&#148; of the maximum aggregate price at which such securities are proposed to be offered. The Registration Fee is therefore calculated by multiplying the Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price by 0.0001267.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant is paying a filing fee of $2,134 for the registration of 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock hereunder. The Registrant has previously paid the filing fee for
the registration on Form S-8 of up to 2,985,129 shares of Common Stock that have been transferred from the 1999 NSSOP to the 1995 Stock Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006">Item 8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">Item 9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">Signatures</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents, previously filed by Harmonic Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this registration statement:



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">a.</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;9, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">b.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended April&nbsp;2, 2004, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;12, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition, the Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
8-A, dated April&nbsp;6, 1995, as filed with the SEC pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">All documents filed with the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Description of Securities.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The validity of the issuance of the shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
offered hereby has been passed upon by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati,
Professional Corporation (&#147;WSGR&#148;). Certain members and employees of WSGR
beneficially own shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. Jeffrey D. Saper, a
member of WSGR and corporate secretary for the Registrant, owns 6,484 shares
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Reference is made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which enables a corporation in its original certificate of
incorporation or an amendment to its certificate of incorporation to eliminate
or limit the personal liability of a director for monetary damages for
violations of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except (1)&nbsp;for any breach of a
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law, (3)&nbsp;pursuant to Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, providing
for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock
purchases or redemption, or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director
derived an improper personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who
are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, other than an action by or in the right of the corporation,
by reason of the fact that the person was an officer, director, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses, including
attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or
proceeding, provided the officer, director, employee or agent acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
corporation&#146;s best interests and, for a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may
indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to
be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on
the merits or otherwise in the

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him
against the expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, which the officer or director
actually and reasonably incurred.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant and the
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant provide for the indemnification
of officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition, the Registrant has entered into agreements with its officers and
directors that provide for their indemnification with respect to certain
matters, in addition to indemnification provided for in its Amended and
Restated Bylaws. These agreements, among other things, indemnify the
Registrant&#146;s officers and directors for certain expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any such person in
any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the
Registrant, arising out of such person&#146;s services as an officer or director of
the Registrant, any subsidiary of the Registrant or any other company or
enterprise to which the person provides services at the Registrant&#146;s request.
The Registrant also maintains an insurance policy insuring the Registrant&#146;s
officers and directors against liability for certain acts and omissions while
acting in their official capacities.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exhibits.</B>


<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Harmonic Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 **
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Harmonic Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap>*</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement, dated April&nbsp;21, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap>**</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement, dated April&nbsp;21, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Undertakings.</B>



<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">a.</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">1.</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the Securities Act&#148;), each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<P><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">3.</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">b.</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">c.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, Amended and Restated Bylaws, indemnification agreements,
or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Signatures</B>


<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 registration statement 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.


<DIV align="right">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="62%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">HARMONIC INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Anthony J. Ley
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Anthony J. Ley&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chairman, President &#038; Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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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
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 width="36%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ Anthony J. Ley<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robin N. Dickson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Robin N. Dickson)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap 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>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ Floyd Kvamme<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ William Reddersen<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(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>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lewis Solomon<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(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>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ Michel L. Vaillaud<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(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>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD nowrap valign="top">/s/ David Van Valkenburg<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(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 width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description of Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Harmonic Inc. 2002 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 **
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Harmonic Inc. 1995 Stock Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this registration statement)</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap> *</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement, dated April&nbsp;21, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap> **</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement, dated April&nbsp;21, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

June 14, 2004



Harmonic Inc.
549 Baltic Way
Sunnyvale, California 94089

RE:  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Gentlemen:

We have examined the registration statement on Form S-8 filed by Harmonic Inc.
("you" or the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14,
2004 (the "Registration Statement"), in connection with the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,000,000 shares of the Company's
common stock ("Common Stock") under the Company's 2002 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, and 5,485,129 shares of Common Stock under the Company's 1995 Stock Plan.
Such shares of Common Stock are referred to herein as the "Shares," and such
plans are referred to herein as the "Plans." As your counsel in connection with
this transaction, we have examined the proceedings taken and are familiar with
the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Shares pursuant to the Plans.

It is our opinion that, when issued and sold in the manner described in the
Plans and pursuant to the agreements which accompany each grant under the Plans,
the shares will be legally and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement, and further consent to the use of our name wherever appearing in the
Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

                                              Very truly yours,


                                            /s/ WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                                            Professional Corporation




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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 5, 2004, relating to the
financial statements and financial statement schedule of Harmonic Inc., which
appear in Harmonic Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003.



/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
San Jose, California
June 11, 2004




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