Region Free in reverse Question...
 

I have a friend who doesnt believe there are different regions for DVD's. (I know, I know) He just doesnt get it, so I brought over a Region 2 DVD to play in his machine. Of course it didn't play...

Now, his reasoning, which I didn't have an explanation for, is this: His fiance is from Spain. They have been there recently and took with them some Region 1 DVD's from America to show and share with the family, like Moulin Rouge and Finding Nemo.

They played just fine on her family's Spanish DVD system. No one in her family would know about Region Free or have a machine like that, it would be a basic Spanish DVD player. What gives?

I tried to explain PAL and Region 3 and he looked at me like I was an idiot. I cant explain how our DVD's played on a machine in Europe...can anyone help?