A portable, automated contractual image dealer and transmitter provides a platform capable of managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital media files across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. In one embodiment, a method includes heating a vessel containing a catalyst to a temperature above approximately 600\xb0 centigrade and pressurizing the vessel to about ten atmospheres. Additionally, the user commands may be executed remotely such as at a video control system of a television network or alternatively may be executed at the premises of the viewer such as within a set top box.