According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an internal display device that displays image information; an output terminal connectable with at least one external display device or more; and a display adjustment section that changes resolutions of the internal display device and the external display device to a display resolution based on comparison between the resolutions of the internal display device and the external display device and further adjust, when an aspect ratio of the internal display device differs from an aspect ratio of the external display device, display timing of the internal display device whose resolution has been changed and display timing of the external display device whose resolution has been changed, based on information about differences among the aspect ratios.