Scientific-Atlanta at CES: Company to Showcase Promising Home Entertainment Technologies for the Digital Lifestyle

Scientific-Atlanta at CES: Company to Showcase Promising Home Entertainment Technologies for the Digital Lifestyle

- Highlights for 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show include the company's award-winning DVR with recordable DVD player and cordless voice modem -

ATLANTA, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- From digital video recording (DVR) to IPTV to high-definition TV (HDTV) and Voice over IP (VoIP), consumers are presented with more and more choices in an ever-evolving digital world. At the 2006 International CES, Scientific-Atlanta will demonstrate its pioneering role in designing and developing dynamic and powerful consumer products for consumers that promote ease of use, expanded content options, enhanced navigation and innovative personal applications that further entertainment mobility. Visitors to the booth will see how Scientific-Atlanta is helping consumers 'live simply' with multi-purpose devices that do more for you and take up less room in your living space. The company will also offer 'a peek behind the curtain' at what is next in concept for whole-home entertainment, future interactive television applications and on-demand content services.

Booth Demonstrations include:

Consumers: Ways to Download and Watch Content on Your Terms:
- DVR with built-in DVD Recorder/Player -- No more changing inputs on
your TV and juggling remotes. Scientific-Atlanta's DVR with built-in
DVD recorder and DVD player, is three powerful devices in one -- a
high-powered digital set-top box, a DVR and a DVD recorder/player --
with only one remote to operate. The DVD recorder/player is powered by
Sonic Solutions' AuthorScript(TM) DVD engine, the same DVD creation
technology used by Hollywood. The first and only networked set-top of
its kind, the DVR with DVD Recorder/Player enables the creation of
personal DVDs from DVR content libraries, and the ability to take
recorded shows and watch them on the go. Scientific-Atlanta's DVR with
built-in DVD Recorder/Player has received the Consumer Electronics
Association's "Best of Innovations" award for Video Components in the
CES Innovations 2006 Awards competition.

- Voice, Data and Wireless -- Named an "Innovations 2006 Design and
Engineering Honoree" by the CEA, Scientific-Atlanta's DCP2223(TM)
Voice over IP cable modem with DECT (Digitally Enhanced Cordless
Telephony) enables the consumer to use cordless handsets in the home to
access VoIP service. Scientific-Atlanta will also be showing its
wireless gateway, wireless caller ID functionality, and a full line of
voice, data and wireless products.

Service Providers: Ways to Simplify Launch of Services
- IPTV Solutions -- Whether your networks are DSL, FTTx or HFC, you will
want to see how the combination of our latest IPTV set-tops in
development and a robust switched video network can deliver new and
exciting entertainment services to consumers. Enhanced navigation
experiences, next-generation digital video recording and expanded
personal applications are just a sample of the new enriched IPTV
services on the horizon.

- OCAP -- With an eye on the future and support of interoperability of
OpenCable(TM) Application Platform (OCAP(TM)) applications across cable
networks, Scientific-Atlanta is committed to the development of next-
generation platforms. Our solutions are designed to provide new
revenue-generating opportunities for operators as they expand their
services, while simplifying the launch of services.

A Visionary Leap:

While booth demonstrations of these products are futuristic concepts, and the products are not currently in production, Scientific-Atlanta is exploring these innovative technologies to complement consumer trends.

- DVR to Phone Applications -- Provide the access and control your
consumers are looking for, using their mobile phone. At CES,
Scientific-Atlanta and Sprint will demonstrate applications that enable
subscribers to check what's on television tonight from their mobile
phone; program their DVR from their mobile phone; stream broadcast
television to their mobile phone; stream previously recorded programs
from their DVR to their mobile phone; and even track the location of
their child's mobile phone on the television.

- High-Definition Multi-Room(TM) DVR -- With Scientific-Atlanta's
High-Definition Multi-Room DVR, you can one day view, control and share
recorded DVR content in both standard-definition and high-definition
programming. A concept demonstration will show how simple it is to use,
explain the benefits of having all content stored in one place, enable
consumers to see how to access stored content from multiple rooms, and
highlight the convenience of everyone watching what they want, when
they want, where they want - with true clarity.

- Media Center -- A concept demonstration that streams MP3 audio, digital
photos, games and home movies stored on a PC to a television using a
Media Center set-top. Using your advanced digital services, video,
music, pictures and games truly converge, providing subscribers with
all they need, in one network.

- DVR Direct to Disc -- Scientific-Atlanta will showcase a business model
demonstrating a feature of our DVR with built-in DVD Recorder/Player
that includes the ability for service providers to one day offer
downloads of content on-demand, including movies and music, giving
consumers the power to purchase content and directly burn copies of
DVDs and/or CDs using their set-top box.

- Residential Gateway -- A demonstration of Scientific-Atlanta's
prototype xDSL modem with integrated HPNA3 IP Over Coax technology
highlights the ability to reuse existing cabling in the home to easily
connect next generation IPTV devices.

*NOTE TO EDITORS

Scientific-Atlanta will be exhibiting at CES Unveiled, the official press event of the 2006 International CES show, on Tuesday, January 3, 2006, from 4:00 - 7:00 PM in the Bellini Ballroom of the Venetian Hotel (next to the Sands Expo and Convention Center). For more information and an invitation to attend and preview Scientific-Atlanta's show highlights, please contact Sara Stutzenstein at sara.stutzenstein@sciatl.com.

CES/January 5-8, 2006
Central Hall, Booth #11606

About Scientific-Atlanta

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. (NYSE:SFA) (http://www.scientificatlanta.com/) is a leading supplier of digital content 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,
Inc.

Web site: http://www.scientificatlanta.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: To request an at-show briefing with a Scientific- Atlanta executive attending the Show January 5-8, please contact Sara Stutzenstein at sara.stutzenstein@sciatl.com. For more information visit http://www.scientificatlanta.com. Writers and editors may access a variety of information on the company and its product, as well as downloadable images, by selecting News Center from the home page. Scientific-Atlanta, the Scientific-Atlanta logo and Explorer are registered trademarks and Multi-Room, 8000 and 8300 are trademarks of Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.

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