Innovation for 'The Connected Life' -- Scientific-Atlanta at the 2005 National Show

Innovation for 'The Connected Life' -- Scientific-Atlanta at the 2005 National Show

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- THE NATIONAL SHOW -- Experience "The Connected Life" delivered by the latest innovations from Scientific-Atlanta. A visit to the company's National Show booth will offer a peek at new entertainment opportunities that will let your favorite video travel with you on DVDs you create. Entertainment stored on your Scientific- Atlanta DVR can be viewed in multiple rooms, at any time. You can even see how one day you may be able use your cell phone to program your DVR to record a forgotten program.

These and other potential services for viewers, along with high- performance network products and systems for network operators, will be in the spotlight at The National Show in San Francisco from Scientific-Atlanta, Booth 6158. The future is all about delivering "The Connected Life" to TV viewers, and Scientific-Atlanta can show you how.

Booth demonstrations will include:

What's Available Now: - Multi-Room(TM) DVR - TV viewers can easily view and control recorded DVR content in multiple rooms of the home. A live demonstration will show how cable operators can allow consumers to enjoy the convenience of everyone watching what they want, when they want, where they want.

- SciCare Broadband Services Solutions: - Retriever(TM) software system can meet the growing demand from cable operators for improved insight into their customers' viewership habits and for proactive monitoring of set-top and network performance at the TV set. - New Pointer(TM) Web-based software system can monitor the two-way status of a cable network and identify the specific point where network problems occur to significantly decrease the mean time to repair for outages. - Supportsoft Service Automation Suite for Video - display how software can deliver results ... increase quality, mean time between failure, and customer satisfaction while decreasing mean time to repair, OPEX and churn.

What's Coming in 2005:

- DVR with DVD - The new MCP-100(TM) Media Center will completely change the way viewers think about cable television. TV viewers will be able to easily record their favorite programs and take them with them to watch in the mini-van, on the train, on the bus, or on the airplane. Cable television has always been about entertainment in the home. We will make it easy for cable subscribers to enjoy their favorite television wherever they choose.

- VoIP Capabilities -Scientific-Atlanta's new line of Voice over IP (VoIP) multi-media adapters will show how easy it is to add voice into a cable operator's service offerings today.

- Next Generation Network Solutions - New services, new options, and new revenue streams. See what the future holds with a demonstration of new technologies for Digital Simulcasting, Digital Program Insertion, Bandwidth Enhancement, OpenCable(TM) initiatives and the All Digital Network, including: - Scientific-Atlanta's line of innovative next generation set-tops like the first DOCSIS(TM) Set-top Gateway (DSG) awarded "verified interoperability" status by CableLabs and the new family of all- digital set-tops including SD, HD, DVR, HD-DVR and Multi-Room DVR - World-class encoding with the D9154 H.264 MPEG-4 encoder for content distribution at low bit rates without loss of quality - Next-generation multiplexing solutions for high-capacity DPI and rate shaping applications - 1 GHz capable xDQA24 QAM for 24 QAM channels in a 1RU space, maximizing bandwidth - The D9032 Encoder for all digital simulcast applications

What's Possible for the Future:

- Media Center - A concept demonstration extending the potential of "The Connected Life" - stream MP3 audio, digital photos and home movies from the PC to the Scientific-Atlanta Media Center to play on the home entertainment system.

- Multi-Server Multi-Room DVR - A concept demonstration that networks the hard drives of two Scientific-Atlanta DVRs giving consumers access to content on multiple hard drives in multiple rooms.

- DVR Goes Mobile - Scientific-Atlanta will showcase the potential of integrating cellular services with a digital video offering, demonstrating the scheduling of DVR recordings and watching broadcast video.

Media Requests:

To request an at-show briefing with a Scientific-Atlanta executive attending the show, please contact Sara Stutzenstein at 770-331-0269 or sara.stutzenstein@sciatl.com; or Rae Howard at 678-592-9920 or rae.howard@edelman.com.

About Scientific-Atlanta

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE:SFA) ( http://www.scientificatlanta.com/ ) is a leading supplier of digital content contribution and distribution systems, transmission networks for broadband access to the home, digital interactive set-tops and subscriber systems designed for video, high-speed Internet and voice over IP (VoIP) networks, and worldwide customer service and support.

"Forward-looking statements," as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, may be included in this news release. A variety of factors could cause Scientific-Atlanta's actual results to differ from the anticipated results expressed in such forward-looking statements. Investors are referred to Scientific-Atlanta's Cautionary Statements (Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's most recent Form 10-Q), which statements are incorporated into this news release by reference.

Source: Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

CONTACT: Sara Stutzenstein, +1-770-236-2181, or fax, +1-770-236-3088, or sara.stutzenstein@sciatl.com , or Peggy Ballard, +1-770-236-7871, or fax, +1-770-236-3088, or peggy.ballard@sciatl.com , both of Scientific-Atlanta

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