Bug#443585: switching to s-video sets LVDS and S-Video brightness to max and inverts colors
xrandr --output LVDS --off --output S-video --auto
did not help until i rebooted and tried again.
if i plug the s-video during a session and not while it was booting
xrandr is not able to use s-video.
what was even better is your other suggestion:
xrandr --addmode S-video 800x600
xrandr --output S-video --mode 800x600
xrandr --output LVDS --off
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