Which H.264 settings for Blu ray with mixed assets

Hi,
I am still learning with the different options that I can chose in Encore for transcoding an asset but I am not sure what to chose.
I created a project in PP which uses the following formats 1080i/25,1080i/50, 720p/23,976 and 1080p/25.
the main scenes in PP is in 1080i/25. Most clips are documenting sports or moving objects.
If I use the automatic transcoding setting in Encore, it will be transcoded in 1080i/25 but is this really good? Although I am in a PAL region I think, for Blu Ray, I could also use NTSC settings like 1080p/25.
What shall I do?
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