H.264 and MPEG2

What are the advanages and disadvanges of both in blu-ray disc?

MPEG2 is old compression technology compare to H.264.
MPEG2: Take more space on BluRay but encoding time is less
H.264: Take less space on BluRay but encoding time is more
both give you best quality video but quality in H.264 is little better compare to MPEG2.

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